112 Mr. W. L. Distant on Neotropical FTomoptera. 



VII. — Some apparently undescrihed Neotropical Homoptera. 

 By W. L. Distant. 



Fam. CicadidsB. 

 Fidicina amoetia, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum reddish ochraceous ; mesonotum and 

 abdomen above olivaceous, the first shaded with reddish 

 ochraceous on disk and the second at the lateral margins ; 

 mesonotum with indications of three obconical spots at ante- 

 rior margin. Body beneath and legs reddish ochraceous; 

 opercula ochraceous ; sternum greyishly tomentose. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, venation brownish 

 ochraceous; tegmina with the costal membrane and two thirds 

 of basal cell brownish ochraceous ; basal area of wings 

 brownish ochraceous, irrorated with pale ochraceous. 



The face is moderately tumid, with the central sulcation 

 and the transverse striee profound ; rostrum reaching the 

 posterior coxse, its apex piceous ; posterior tibi» profoundly 

 sulcate and armed with two strong spines on each side. 



Long. excl. tegm., cJ , 32 millim. ; exp. tegm. 88 millim. 



JJab. Costa Rica, Valine du Diguis (Pacitique) {H. Pittier). 



A species of a uniform and unspotted hue above. 



Fidicina cacJila, sp. n. 



Body above olivaceous, abdomen more or less suffused with 

 reddish ochraceous. Head with the basal margin of front 

 and space between the eyes more or less piceous ; pronotum 

 with a central longitudinal fascia, a short curved discal streak 

 on each side, and the incisures more or less piceous ; meso- 

 notum with four obconical spots on anterior margin (the two 

 central ones much the longest), an elongate spot in front of 

 each anterior angle of the basal cruciform elevation and a 

 spot on each lateral margin of same piceous. Abdomen with 

 the basal segmental margins more or less piceous, the lateral 

 margins near base greyishly pilose. Head beneath, sternum, 

 and legs olivaceous ; abdomen beneath ochraceous. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation ochraceous; 

 tegmina with the costal membrane, upper half of basal cell, 

 and extreme lower base brownish olivaceous ; wings brownish 

 at base, irrorated with ochraceous. 



The rostrum, which has its apex piceous, reaches the poste- 



