Mr. W. L. Distant on South- African Homoptera. 113 



rior coxge ; the posterior tibise are longlj pilose and armed 

 with two spines on each side. 



Long. excl. tegin., <$ , 25 millim. ; exp. tegm. 80 millim. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Rosario de Desamparados (P. Biolley). 



Allied to Fidicina hrisa, Walk., from British Gruiana. 



Fam. Fulgoridse. 



Hypcepa diversa^ sp. n. 



Head and pronotum testaceous; scutellum pale fuscous, 

 with the apical margins and some discal waved fasciae ochra- 

 ceous ; abdomen above ochraceous, the base dark fuscous and 

 laterally greyish. Head beneath, sternum, and legs brownish 

 ochraceous, legs spotted with fuscous ; abdomen beneath dark 

 fuscous. 



Tegmina with the basal two thirds rosy red, beyond which 

 the colour is greyish mottled with fuscous. VVings dark 

 greyish, the venation and the whole basal area dark fuscous, 

 and with three long basal radiating pale greenish streaks. 



Long. excl. tegm. 12 millim.; exp. tegm. 33 millim. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Las Delicias (Sta. Clara) {P. Biolley). 



VIII. — On some South- African Homoptera. 

 By W. L. Distant. 



Fam. FulgoridaB. 

 Subfam. FvLQOBiNM. 



Mamatola, gen. nov. 



Head subquadrate, a little longer than broad, lateral margins 

 laminate and strongly reflexed at inner margins of eyes, which 

 are large and prominent ; front with the apical margin mode- 

 rately angulated and with a central carina ; face longer than 

 broad, widest at base, lateral margins convexly sinuate, and 

 with a very broad central sulcation, which is widest anteriorly. 

 Thorax with a central carina, the anterior lateral angles 

 slightly convex and laminate. Tegmina about twice as long 

 as broad, the apical area strongly reticulate ; costal and inner 

 margins nearly straight, apical margin somewhat angularly 

 convex. Wings broad and rounded. Tibife sulcated, poste- 

 rior tibiae armed with three or four strong spines. 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. iv. 8 



