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third from base of pygophor, inner edge arcuate, entire. Pygoplior 

 large, wide, median depression large, posterior margin roundly emar- 

 ginate; ovipositor sheath narrow, compressed laterally on upper half. 



Length 3.8 mm.; tegmen 4.1 mm. 



Tlal). Formosa, on reeds ( Muir, January, IDIC). P>y the 



tihial s])iii' this should come into the Tropidocephalini. ft may 



helouii' to one of Mr. Distant's Indian li'enera bnt I h'ave it in 



its ])resent ]iosition until T have fuller l<no\\l(Mli>-e. 



*s'.:^ hiinis sp. nov. PI. vr, fio-. r.o. 



^ Length of vertex, pro- and mesonotum one and one-half the 

 width of head including eyes; length of vertex one and one-half the 

 width of base, base broader than apex; length of face two and one- 

 half the width of apex, base narrower than apex, lateral edges 

 straight; antennae reaching nearly to middle of clypeus, second joint 

 1.75 times the length of first; lateral pronotal carinae straight, 

 diverging, not quite reaching to the hind margin of pronotum; basal 

 joint of hind tarsus slightly longer than the other two together, 

 spur as long as basal tibial joint, wide, laminate, with many fine 

 teeth on hind margin. 



Capucine orange, vertex, frons and antennae slightly fuscous, an 

 indefinite whitish mark down the middle of mesonotum. Tegmina 

 and wings hyaline, very slightly yellowish, veins concolorous with 

 membrane, a few minute concolorous granules on tegminal veins. 

 Genitalia figured. 



Length 2 . 2 mm. ; tegmen 3 mm. 



9 The female I place with this species has the antennae a little 

 shorter. The pygophor is long and narrow, ovipositor laterally com- 

 pressed on apical 3/5; lateral plates two-fifths along ovipositor, edges 

 entire, at base slightly produced and touching in the middle line. 



Tlab. >\.nd)oina, two males and one femah' (AInir). This 

 species may heloni;- to ^(Hiata. it is not typical of Siciiocratttis. 



Genns Perkixsiella Kirk. 



I'cr/rlnsiclhi iiKniihw s]). nov. PI. V. fia;. 32. 



<j Light brown or yellow; face between eyes, antennae, clypeus 

 with the exception of the apex, a fine line across apex of face, lateral 

 portions of pro- and mesonotum, first and second coxae, a spot on 

 metapleurum, longitudinal lines on femora, two bands on first and 

 second tibiae, first and second tarsi, and the abdomen with the 

 exception of basal tergite, dark brown; face between eyes with small, 

 light spots. Tegmina hyaline, brown, darkest over apical third, light- 

 er brown or clear hyaline over costal, subcostal, and a triangular 

 mark in radial apical cells; veins concolorous with membrane, gran- 

 ules very minute with dark hairs, hind margin of clavus white; 



