Mr. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptera. ',V,i5 



anteriorly :ind posteriorly, and the incisures black ; meso- 

 notum and abdomen darker ochraceous, the first witli two 

 anterior, central, obconical spots, on each side of which is a 

 transverse basal patch, a suljlateral oblique line on each side, 

 and a small rounded spot in front of each anterior an"-le of 

 tiie basal cruciform elevation ; abdomen above with the 

 segments (excluding basal and apical) broadly piceous on 

 each side ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; tegmina with 

 about basal half grcyishly ochraceous and opaque, crossed by 

 an oblique brown fascia passing through radial area and 

 outwardly broadly of the same hue, a small round brown spot 

 at base and apex of radial area, the last preceded by a trans- 

 parent talc-like spot ; apical half transparent, talc-like, the 

 apices of the three upper ulnar areas crossed by an oblifiue 

 fuscous and greyish fascia, and a series of spots of the same 

 colour at the apices of the longitudinal veins to apical areas; 

 wings with nearly basal two thirds ochraceous, reuiainintr 

 area pale iiyalme. 



Head (including eyes) as broad as base of mesonotum ; 

 tympanal coverings and opercula pale fulvous, the last over- 

 lajiping internally, a little sinuate laterally, slightly convex 

 posteriorly; rostrum just passing the posterior coxfe. 

 Long., cxcl. tegm., (^ 17 mm. ; exp. te^in. 63 mm. 

 JIab. Brit. E. Africa: Changamwe (C. S. Betton, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Belonging to the subgenus Poecilopsaltria, Stal. 



Pycna calestia, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum olivaceous green ; head with anterior 

 margin of face and its basal angles, a marginal spot on each 

 side of vertex, area of the ocelli, and two spots on each side 

 of same, black ; pronotum with a central lanceolate spot 

 before posterior margin and the incisures black; mesonotum 

 pale castaneous, with two short, central, obconical spots at 

 anterior margin, a niuch longer spot on each side of them, 

 and a central lanceolate spot, the base of which occupies the 

 area of the cruciform elevation, on each side of which is a 

 transverse sj)ot, black; tympanal coverings olivaceous; 

 abdomen black, the posterior segmental margins olivaceous ; 

 sternum, rostrum, and legs brownish; opercula and apex of 

 abdomen olivaceous ; tegmina with about basal half brownish 

 opaque, remaining area pale hyaline; in the opatjue area 

 there are two spots on costal membrane, a transverse fascia 

 crossing radial area to upper margin of lower ulnar area, a 

 .spot on each side of basal cell, a claval streak, and a large 



