Rhynchota from Ruivenzori. 443 



Ruwenzori, 5000-6000 feet {Scolt Elliot). 

 A strikingly marked species, described from a single and 

 somewhat imperfect specimen. 



HOMOPTERA. 



Fam. Cercopidae. 



Genus Ptyelus. 

 Ptyelus, .St. Farg. & Serv. Enc. Metli. x. p. G08 (1825). 



Ptyelus niveus, sp. n. 



Body and legs creamy ochraceous ; pronotum, scutellum, 

 and abdomen above more or less suffused with stramineous ; 

 basal antenniferous tubercle, a longitudinal spot near bases of 

 anterior tibia?, anterior and intermediate tarsi, the apical 

 fringe of the posterior tibise, and the claws of the posterior 

 tarsi black, base of the apical joint of intermediate tarsi 

 creamy ocbraceous ; tegmina silvery white, opaque, base of 

 costal margin and a short central discal longitudinal line 

 black, the reticulate veins at the apical area piceous ; vertex 

 centrally half as long as breadth between eyes, a distinct 

 impression enclosing a small lunate space a little before apex ; 

 face a little centrally longitudinally flattened, laterally trans- 

 versely striate ; pronotum anteriorly convexly rounded, poste- 

 riorly strongly concavely excavate before scutellum, which is 

 longer than broad ; posterior tibise with two spines, the one 

 nearer base shortest and somewhat indistinct. 



Long., excl. tegm., 11 mm. ; exp. tegm. 30 mm. 



E. liuwenzori, 6000-13,000 feet. 



Genus Lepyeonia. 

 Lepyronia, Amy. & Serv. Hern. p. 567 (1843). 



Lepyronia cethiojys, sp. n. 



Pale stramineous ; two central longitudinal fasciae ex- 

 tending through head, pronotum, and scutellum, in the latter 

 occupying the lateral angles, lateral margins of head (not 

 reaching apex), lateral margins of pronotum, basal and inner 

 margins of clavus, basal costal margin of tegmina, a costal 

 spot behind middle, two oblique inner fasciae on apical area, 

 a spot on each basal side of head beneath between the face 

 and eyes, a spot on each side of base of clypeus, a longi- 

 tudinal fascia on each side of sternum, and the abdomen 



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