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Homoptera from Southern Africa. 127 



ochraceous ; sternum and legs spotted with black, abdominal 

 segments with central transverse fascise and lateral marginal 

 spots black. 



Tegmina creamy, mottled with fuscous, the venation 

 ochraceous, but becoming piceous towards apex ; basal cell 

 black. Wings blackish, a basal streak irregularly ochraceous 

 to about centre, the outer margins broadly pale hyaline, and 

 with a creamy-white spot near centre of costal margin. 



Eostrura reaching the posterior coxae ; opercula moderately 

 overlapping at centre. 



Long. 6 28 millim. ; exp. tegm. 76 milHm. 



Hah. Transvaal; Waterberg District (Z^^'s^a^i^). 



This species is allied to both P. Trimeni and P. Peringueyi^ 

 from either of which, apart from other characters, it may be 

 easily distinguished by the position of the white macular 

 markings to the wings. 



Poecilopsaltria Marshalli^ sp. n. 



Head and pronotum ochraceous. Head with the area 

 of the ocelli, transverse fascia between same and eyes, and 

 basal and central fascia to face black ; pronotum with a central 

 fascia widely broadened at anterior and posterior margins, 

 the incisures, and the sublateral margins black ; mesonotum 

 black, with a large central linear spot, trifid anteriorly and 

 connected with a lateral fascia on each side, ochraceous ; 

 cruciform basal elevation ochraceous, with a small central 

 spot, and one near each anterior angle, black. Abdomen 

 above black, with the posterior segmental margins ochraceous. 

 Body beneath blackish or dark castaneous ; opercula, posterior 

 abdominal segmental margins, and legs castaneous or ochra- 

 ceous. 



Tegmina creamy and talc-like, base and four very irregular 

 transverse fascige, which are connected inwardly and contain 

 some pale spots, especially at the apices of apical areas, 

 piceous; venation ochraceous, becoming piceous towards 

 apex. Wings blackish, apical third and a large subcostal 

 spot within the black area pale hyaline. 



Rostrum just passing the posterior coxae; opercula mode- 

 rately overlapping at centre. 



Long. ^ ? 15-16 millim. ; exp. tegm. 53 millim. 



Hob. Mashunaland, Umfili River [Guy Marshall: coll. 

 Dist.) ; banks of the Zambesi {Fry, 1893 : Cape Town Mas.). 



A single female specimen from the Zambesi is much larger 

 than the series I possess from Mashunaland through the 

 kindness of Mr. Marshall. Its dimensions are long. 20 

 millim., exp. tegm. 63 millim. 



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