78 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 



margin narrowly ocliraceons ; vertex and face as clescril)ed in 

 generic diagnosis ; pronotnm finely rugulose and coarsely 

 ])nnctate ; tegmina coarsely thickly punctate, less so but 

 much more wrinkled on the black apical area; tegmina 

 scarcely one-fourth longer than the vertex, pronotura, and 

 scntellum taken together. 



Long. J inch tegm ^ 15 mm. 



Hub. Ecuador; Cachabe {Rosenberg, Brit. Mus.). 



Teletusa, gen. nov. 



Vertex shorter than breadth between eyes, broad, the apex 

 subtruucate, centrally, broadly, longitudinally foveate from 

 apex almost to basal margin, ocelli near base, closer to eyes 

 than to each other ; face somewhat long and rounded, the 

 disk broadly centrally depressed, moderately foveate, lateral 

 areas strongly transversely striate; clypeus at right angles 

 with the face, slightly compressed ; pronotum longer than 

 vertex, arched, the lateral margins sinuate but almost 

 parallel, posterior margin a little sinuate before scutellum, 

 posterior angles slightly rounded and inwardly posteriorly 

 oblique ; scutellum about as long as pronotum, its apical 

 area (sometimes as in type) adorned with tufts of long hairs ; 

 legs of moderate length, the anterior tibiae broadly dilated 

 and broadly sulcate, posterior tibise somewhat longly spinu- 

 lose; tegmina somewhat longly passing the apex of the 

 abdomen, a little valvate behind apex of clavus, posterior 

 costal area with four or five transverse veins, apparently 

 inconstant in number. 



Type, T. pa7'aguaye7isis, Dist. 



By the structure of the head allied to Aulacizes, but widely 

 differing by the dilated anterior tibise, the transversely veined 

 posterior portion of the costal area, &c. 



a. Apical area of the scutellum adorned with tufts of Imig hairf. 



Teletusa paraguayensis, sp. n. 



Vertex dull brownish ochraceous, anterior margin broad- 

 ened at the lateral angles, shining black, the central foveation 

 piceous at base ; pronotum and scutellum piceous brown, the 

 latter with the apical area adorned with tufts of long black 

 hairs and margined on each side with a metauotal fasciate 

 stramineous spot; abdomen above dull black, the margins 

 of the last two segments obscurely stramineous ; body be- 

 neath and legs black ; central area of the face and an apical 

 annulation to the posterior tibiae brownish ochraceous, anal 



