Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 205 



sanp^uincons ; tarsi black, the base of apical joint san- 

 guineous ; tcgmina tawny brown, more palely finely maculate 

 and paler on costal and apical areas, four large spots on costal 

 area, two on inner area, and a double series (some 15 in 

 number) of apical spots black ; wings bronzy brown, fuscous 

 on apical area, where there are nine or ten marginal black 

 spots, and subviolaceous on posterior and anal margins; 

 anterior tibiaj dilated, much spotted with black, and with a 

 sanguineous apical spot. 



Long., excl. tegm., 11 mm. ; exp. tegm. 31 mm. 



J/ab. Abyssinia ; Atbara (Brit. Mus.) 



Genus Aspidonitys. 

 Aspidonitys, Karsch, Ent. Nsichricht. xxi. pp. 210 & 21o (1895). 



Type, A. casta, Karsch. 



Aspidonitys admirabilisj sp. n. 



Head, pro- and mesonota, sternum, and legs castaneous ; 

 abdomen brownish testaceous ; tegmina castaneous to beyond 

 middle, with a whitish transverse fascia a little beyond base, 

 apical area stramineous, greyishly tomentose, suffused with 

 indigo-blue and with an outer transverse series of three spots 

 of the same colour, beyond these spots the colour is bright 

 stramineous and non-tomentose, the apical margin fuscous 

 brown; wings piceous ; vertex of head thickly longitudinally 

 striate; pronotuui transversely striate near anterior margin ; 

 face very finely rugulose ; clypeus smooth, with a distinct 

 central carination ; posterior tibiae with four spines. 



Long., excl. tegm., 13 mm.; exp. tegm. 32 mm. 



Hah. British East Africa (Coll. Dist.). 



Genus Metoponitys. 

 Metoponitys, Karsch, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. xxxv. p. o9 (1890). 

 Type, M. Morgeni, Karsch. 



Metoponitys pennatus, sp. n. 



Body above brownish ochraceous ; body beneath and legs 

 pale castaneous; tegmina brownish ochraceous, cost;il area 

 beyond middle castaneous and containing four or five oblique 

 piceous spots, the apex piceous and cojitaining three small 

 ochraceous spots on apical margin, disk with scattered 

 obscure piceous spots ; wings dark fuliginous with two paler 



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