294 Mr. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptera. 



some preyish suffusions ; winj^s fuliginous, with the veins 

 fuscous; face very finely and thkkly pjianulose, somewhat 

 fovcate, centrally lon2;itU(lin'\lly carinate, marj^in broadly 

 ridfjed ; carlnations to vortex, pro- and mesonota strongly 

 pronounced. 



Long., cxcl. tegm., 10 mm. ; exp. tegm. 21 mm. 



JJab. Borneo ( Wallace, Brit. Mus.). 



liJiOfaJa pJiilippinensi's, sp. n. 



Veitcx of head and pronotimi ochraceous, the carinations 

 a little paler in hue, lateral areas of the pronotum piceous; 

 mesonotum ochraceous, the disk between the central carina- 

 tions piceous, and an anterior marginal piceous spot on each 

 side of the outer carinations, posterior angle ochraceous ; face 

 and clypeus piceous, anterior angle or base of first ochraceous; 

 body beneath more or less piceous; legs ochraceous ; tegmina 

 ochraceous, the veins finely spotted with piceous, some larger 

 and somewhat obscure, irregularly shaped piceous spots on disk 

 and costal area, two distinct cretaceous wliite spots on disk 

 beyond middle, the outermost just touching the inner margin 

 of apical area, which is paler in hue and unspotted ; wings 

 pale fuliginous, a little darker at apex; vertex of head 

 foveate above and at sides, the lateral margins distinctly 

 raised above the level of the pronotum, the latter with its 

 anterior margin conically produced to the latitude of the 

 anterior margins of the eyes ; posterior tibiae with five spines, 

 the two nearer base smaller and placed closer together; 

 apical margin of tegmina obliquely rounded. 



Long, (abdomen mutilated) ; exp. tegm. 21 mm. 



Hab. Philippines {Whitehead, Brit. Mus.). 



Talaloa, gen. nov. 



Head narrower than the pronotum, vertex obliquely 

 narrowing to apex, its lateral margins strongly ridged, and 

 appearing as angularly prominent at apex; face long and 

 narrow, but not longer than clypeus, elongately subtriangular, 

 broadening to clypeus, centrally and laterally ridged ; clypeus 

 long, slender, narrowing to apex, centrally and laterally 

 ridged ; rostrum long, its apical joint elongate ; antennae 

 robust, longly prominent, second joint nearly twice the length 

 of first ; pronotum shorter than vertex, centrally carinate ; 

 mesonotum longer than pronotum and vertex together, tri- 

 carinate ; legs simple, jjosterior tibiaj unarmed, basal joint 

 of posterior tarsi elongate ; tegmina and wings subhyaline, 

 the first broadly rounded at apex, inner margin moderately 



