I\Ir. W. L. Di.slaiit on llumoplcra. llt'J 



Jamaicastes Jiaroni^ a p. n. 



Head, pvoiiofum, mesonotum, and body bencatli dark 

 ochraccous ; abdomen al)Ovc bright ocliraceous ; eyes, meta- 

 notum, and base of abdomen above piceous; legs pale san- 

 guineous ; tegmiiia testaceous for more than basal half, 

 stramineous on apical area, all tiie veins virescent, on tiie 

 basal area are three transverse series of large spots which 

 almost form fascia?, the two innermost series beine; dark 

 testaceous, the outer series virescent ; wings with about 

 basal third sanguineous, linearly streaked with fuscous, the 

 remaining area pale bronzy brown, apex of anal area tawny 

 brown ; face finely granulose, finely transversely ridged 

 between anterior margins of eyes, on each side obliquely 

 ridged to about centre of posterior margin, and with a central 

 longitudinal ridge; clypeuswith a central longitudinal ridge; 

 posterior tibiae with three spines; pronotum witli a central 

 longitudinal carination not reaching anterior margin ; meso- 

 notum tricarinate. 



Long,, excl. tegm,, 12 mm.; exp. tegm. 35 mm. 



llab. Ecuador [Baron^ Brit. Mus.). 



Jamaicastes Steinhachi, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and mesonotum dark ocliraceous ; meta- 

 notura and abdomen above black, its apex narrowly bluish 

 green, anal appendages covered with white waxy secretion ; 

 face, clypeus, and sternum dark ocliraceous ; abdomen beneath 

 pale ocliraceous ; lateral and posterior margins of the abdo- 

 minal segments and the legs pale virescent ; anterior and 

 intermediate tarsi fuscous ; tegmina for about basal two thirds 

 dark ocliraceous, with large macular, dark, testaceous suffu- 

 sions, the venation virescent, apical area pale bronzy, and 

 separated from the darker basal area by a pale virescent 

 transverse fascia ; wings with about basal two thirds black, 

 the apical area bronzy, apical half of anal area tawny brown ; 

 face somewhat reticulately granulose, the anterior transverse 

 and central carinations distinct, the oblique lateral carinations 

 indistinct; clypeus centrally carinate; posterior tibiae with 

 three spines ; pronotum centrally carinate ; mesonotum 

 tricarinate. 



Long., excl. tegm., 15-16 mm. ; exp. tegm. 40 mm. 



Ilab. Bolivia {J. Steinbac/i, Brit. Mus.). 



Genus Alaruasa, gen. nov. 

 Head broad, including eyes almost as broad as anterior 

 margin of pronotum, vertex short, broad, excavate, the 



