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



Mamatola singularis, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, body beneath, and legs fuscous, somewhat 

 irrorated with pale brownish ; femora and anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibiae spotted with ochraceous, posterior tibise pale 

 ochraceous, speckled with broM-nish. Abdomen above san- 

 guineous, with its extreme apex fuscous. Tegmina fuscous, 

 irrorated and spotted with cretaceous. Wings sanguineous, 

 with a very broad fuscous outer margin and with a few very 

 small fuscous spots on basal area. 



Long. excl. tegm. 13 millim, ; exp. tegm. 28 millim. 



Hah. Transvaal, Lydenburg JDistrict [coll. Dist.). 



Benamatapa, gen. nov. 



Head broad, with the eyes almost as broad as pronotum, its 

 anterior margin convex, its disk concavely excavate; face 

 long, broad, gradually narrowing to apex, and strongly trans- 

 versely carinate. Thorax with its anterior margin concave 

 and parallel with the excavation of head ; pronotum with a 

 central carina. Tegmina oblong, inner margin moderately 

 sinuate, apical margin rounded. Wings broad, apical angles 

 rounded and prominent. Legs somewliat flattened ; anterior 

 femora broad, posterior tibiae armed with six strong spines. 



Benamatapa Marshalli^ sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and body beneath pale fuscous ; legs dark 

 fuscous, anterior and intermediate tibia? broadly annulated 

 with greyish ; abdomen above ochraceous, its base black. 

 Tegmina dull ochraceous, spotted and mottled with dark 

 fuscous, apical area palest. Wings sanguineous, with a sub- 

 apical greyish-white fascia, apical angle and some discal spots 

 black, posterior margin fuscous. 



Long. excl. tegn). 9 millim.; exp. tegm. 18 millim. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Guy A. K. Marshall: coll. 

 Dist.). 



Subfam. EuBYBBACMTDIN^, 



Poropioxys jucunduSy sp. n. 



Head ochraceous ; abdomen testaceous, with the abdominal 

 appendages ochraceous ; thorax above pale greenish. Head 

 with six black spots, situate two (small) in front of each eye 

 and two (larger) near basal margin ; pronotum with a trans- 

 verse series of four black spots, the two central ones 

 slightly larger ; mesonotum with five black spots. Head 



