192 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 



central ovate elevation wliicli is inwardly depressed ; pro- 

 notum with its anterior niar<;nn strai<^litly truncate before 

 base of head, its posterior margin a little angularly sinuate at 

 middle, centrally longitudinally carinate ; scutellum about as 

 long as pronotum, with two arcuate and a central carination ; 

 abdomen broad and robust; teginina about three times longer 

 than broad, the venation more or less reticulate, the apical 

 area thickly and finely reticulate; wings much broader than 

 tegmina; posterior tibiae with four spines. 

 Type, Z. Aurivilliana, Dist. 



Zepasa Aurivilliana, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, sternum, and legs brownish olivaceous 

 or testaceous ; vertex with four minute black spots in trans- 

 verse series, pronotum with two small discal black spots ; 

 mesonotum with two small black spots on anterior margin, 

 two before apex, two (a little larger) on each apical area, and 

 a minute spot near each anterior angle ; abdomen above 

 ochraceous, the basal area and a double central series of spots 

 black ; abdomen beneath black, the segmental margins 

 ochraceous ; tegmina pale testaceous, the apical area paler, 

 inwardly bounded by a waved pale transverse fascia and 

 containing some small pale spots, the costal membrane 

 greyish, with elongate black s])ots ; wings ochraceous, the 

 apical area and posterior margin fuscous, the first containing 

 a large hyaline spot ; tibiae very pale olivaceous, with 

 fuscous annulations or suffusions. 



Long., excl. tcgm., 13^ mm. ; exp. tegm. 33 mm. 



Ilah. Brazil; St. Catherine (Brit. Mus.) ; Brazil (jBoMcarc?, 

 Stockholm Mus.). 



Genus Anecphora. 

 Anccphora, Karsch, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. xxxv. p. G3 (1890). 

 Type, A. aurantiaca, Karsch. 



AnccpJiora torrida. 



Aphana torrida, Walk. List Iloni. ii. p. 281 (18ol). 



Anccpho7-a olivacea, Schmidt, Stett. eut. Zeit. Ixvi. p. 370 (1905). 



Genus J\Ialfeytia. 



Malfeytia, Sdimidt, Stett. cut. Zeit. l.vvi. p. 3G6 (1905). 

 Type, M. Jlavopunctaia, Schmidt. 



