:V22 Mr. W. L. Distant's lihjnchotal Notes. 



Xlj.—nin/nchotal Notes.— LYl. By W. L. Distant. 



HOMOPTERA. 



Fam. Membracidae. 

 O.vi/rhachis cgyptianus, sp. n. 



Body and legs black, basal half* of posterior pronotal 

 process more or less sanguineous ; tegniina obscure sub- 

 liyaiine, veins black, basal area black with an ochraceous 

 spot ; pronotum very finely greyishly pilose, percurrently 

 centrally, longitudinally carinate, tlie pronotal lateral processes 

 very robust, broad, slightly elevated, their apices a little 

 recurved and obtusely angulate, posterior process almost 

 horizontal, a little sinuate, scarcely passing the tegniinal 

 apex ; basal area of tegmina distinctly punctate ; face finely 

 greyishly pilose. 



Long. 7 mm. ; breadth lat. pronot. process 5 mm. 



11 ab. Upper Egypt ; Northern Etbai {D. MacAlister). 



Oxyrhachis versicolor ^ sp. n. 



Pronctum black, the frontal area, the anterior edge of the 

 lateral processes, and a little more than half of the upper 

 basal area ociiraceous ; body beneath and legs more or less 

 ociiraceous ; face brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina subhyaline, 

 the veins and basal area brownish-ociiraceous ; pronotum 

 more or less coarsely punctate, the lateral processes upwardly 

 directed, distinctly curved backwardly, the apices acute, 

 posterior process somewhat strongly sinuate, its apical area 

 upwardly curved, not quite reaching the tegminal apex; 

 tegmina with the basal area punctate, the veins (excluding 

 those on apical area) finely gieyishly pilose, on apical area 

 the veins are black. 



Long, 7 mm. ; breadth lat. pronot. process 4-5 mm. 



Hab. Aden (/. /. Walker). 



This species was taken during the voyage of H.M.S. 

 ^ Penguin,' 



Oxyrhachis bisenti, sp. n. 



Pronotum and face pale fuscous brown, more or less 

 shortly, finely, ))alely pilose, the apical area of posterior 

 pronotal process considerahly darker in hue ; body beneath 

 and legs ochraceous, femora (excluding apices) black or 

 blackish ; pronotum centrally, percurrently, ))alely carinate, 



