^Ir. W, I,. Di-tant on Homoj)teiH. 287 



Subfain. Troviducuis.e. 

 (leniis TlCAHASA. 



Ficarasa, W uW. Joiirn. Linn. Soc, Zool. i. \). 102 (IHOD 

 'JV|)t', /'. paflidcij Walk. 



Ficarasa stramiiiea, sp. n. 



Body and le<f?» dark stramineous ; tc^Muina pale sfranii- 

 ntous; wings pale liyaline; vertex nmie than twiie as broad 

 as lonp:, niarf::iyally and centrally carinate, anteriorly convex, 

 laterally straiglit, posteriorly stronj^ly angularly emarginate ; 

 pronotuni about as long as vertex, centrally and laterally 

 earinate, strongly subconically produced between eyes, pos- 

 terior margin angularly emarginate ; mesonotum longer 

 than vertex and pionotuni togttiier, tiicarinate, the lateral 

 carinations obliquely incurved anteriorly and joining the 

 central carination a little befoie base of pronotum ; face 

 broad, but longer than broad, the lateral margins curved 

 outwardly at about two thirds from base and then obliquely 

 narrowed to cly))eus, anterior and lateral margins strongly 

 caiinate, the di.-k tiicarinate, an oblique carination on each 

 side of the central one, commencing a little before clv{)eus 

 and terminating near anterior angles; tegmina with the 

 costal area strongly transversely veined, apical area divided 

 by two transverse series of transverse veins, many of the 

 outer scries bifurcate. 



Long., excl. tegm., 9 mm. ; exji. tegm. 27 mm. 



IIit/>. iMalay Aichipelago ; Ilalmaheira {W. JJoherlij). 



Ficarasa australasicv^ sp. n. 



Pale ocbraceous, in fresh specimens probably i)ale virescent ; 

 vertex broader than long, anterior and lateral margins 

 ridged, centrally longitudinally carinate ; face broadly 

 elongate, a little ampliate towards clypeus, anterior and 

 lateral margijis ridged, centrally longitudinally carinate ; 

 clypeus centrally ridged, not mucli more than half the length 

 of face ; pronotum angularly produced between the eye.s, 

 tricarinate ; mesonotum tricarinate ; tegmina with the costal 

 area obliquely transversely veined, two series of transverse 

 veins beyond middle enclosing a s()ace much narrower than 

 that between it and the apical margin ; posterior tibia3 with 

 three spines. 



Long., excl. togm., 7^- mm. ; exp. tegm. 2l\ to 23 mm. 



Ilab. Queenslan<l ; Knranda {h\ P. /)od(/, Brit. Mus.). 



