Mr. W. L. Distant'.s Rhjnchotal Notes. 489 



second. Head broad, brassy green, densely rngoso-piinctate, 

 the clypeus with stvoiio" separate punetiues ; mesotliorax 

 golden-oreen, very densely pinicturcd ; scutelluin bbie-green, 

 polished, the punctures small and weak ; area of nietathorax 

 golden-green, very coarsely irregularly reticulate. Abdomen 

 golden-green, smooth and polished, without distinct punctures, 

 hind margins o£ segments not darkened ; venter with a long 

 curled scopa on second and third segments; hind spur much 

 shorter than its mate, and furnished with three long blunt 

 spines and a rounded lobe beyond. 



Hdh. Tacloban, Leyte, Philippine Is. (Baker coll. 3G72). 



Resembles H. testaceipes, Friese, from Java, but the abdo- 

 minal segments are not dark-bordered, the femora are less 

 red, &c. 



Sphecodes hakeri, sp. n. 



? . — Length 7"5 mm. 



Black, with the abdomen red, the apical part more or less 

 dusky, but not black ; small joints of tarsi obscure reddish ; 

 head much broader than long, eyes very prominent; man- 

 dibles falciform, bidentate, the apical part obscure red ; 

 clypeus densely punctured ; antennae black, third joint very 

 short ; mesotliorax coarsely and extremely densely punctured ; 

 area of nietathorax coarsely ridged, divided into two rows of 

 large shining hollows, with a transverse ridge between them ; 

 hair of head, thorax, and legs while ; tegulse piceous, with a 

 hyaline spot. Wings dilute fuliginous ; second s.m. very 

 liigh and narrow, receiving first r. n. a little before its end. 

 Abdomen shining, inipuiictate ; apex dark. 



Hah. Dapitan, Mindanao (Baker coll. 3662). 



Distinct from the species described from Java by the black 

 legs and red abdomen ; not very close to the species of ladia 

 or Formosa. Genus new to Philippine Islands. 



INlll.—Rliyncliotal Notes.— INll. By W. L. Distant. 



II M P T E R A. 



Fam. Membracidae (continued from p. 828). 



Division Garqarabia. 



Gargara addahensis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and body beneath black ; femora black, 



their apices and the tibiie and tarsi testaceous ; tegmit\a 



