3Ir. W. L. Distant on Ilomopteia. 313 



Bandusia innotata. 

 Monecphora innotata, Walk. Ins. Sauad., Horn. p. %7 (1858). 

 Hab. W. C. Africa. 



Bandusia ajncalis. 



Literna? apiculis, Ilagl. CEfv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1899, no. 2, p. &], 

 Hab. Cameroons {Escalera, Brit. Miis.). 



Amberana, geu. iiov. 



Vertex of head broader than long, obtusely angularly 

 produced in front of eyes ; face broadly longitudinally 

 centrally sulcately impressed, the margins of this area ridged;, 

 pronotum almost as long as broad, convex, the anterior 

 lateral margins straightly oblique to head, the posterior 

 lateral margins oblique to basal angles of scutellura, anterior 

 margin transversely straight, posterior margin only mode- 

 rately concavely sinuate ; scutellum longer than broad, 

 discally foveately impressed ; rostrum reaching the inter- 

 mediate coxaj ; posterior tibia3 with a prominent spine before 

 apex; tegmina long, narrow, three times as long as broad, 

 apices rounded, the apical area transversely veined ; wings 

 shorter than tegmina, a little more than twice as long as 

 broad. 



Type, A. elongata, Dist. 



By the sulcately impressed face allied to Literna, Stal, 

 from which, among other characters, it may be at once- 

 separated by the narrow elongated tegmina. 



Amber ana elongata, sp. n. 



Vertex, pronotum, scutellum, head beneath, prosternum, 

 and legs black ; posterior legs with the femora and bases of 

 tibise ochraceous ; abdomen above and beneath sangnineous ; 

 meso- and metasterna testaceous or reddish ochraceous ; 

 tegmina black, a large elongate basal spot in clavus, a sub- 

 costal rounded spot above its apex, and a large transverse 

 spot before apical area, golden yellow ; wings very pale 

 fuliginous; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long., excl. tegm., 8^ mm. ; exj). tcgm. 25 mm. 



Hab. Madagascar; Mt. Amber (Brit. Mus.). 



