311 Mr. W. L. Distant on Tlomopteva. 



Dauphina^ gen, uov. 



Vertex of head a little broader than long^ narrowing to 

 apex, wliicli is broadly subangularly rounded ; oeelli sorne- 

 Avliat-^ontiguous, mueli nearer to eaeli other than to eyes ; face 

 broad, broadly longitudinally sulcately impressed, the margins 

 of this area ridged ; . pronotum almost twice as broad as 

 long, the lateral angles subpromiuent and subangulate, the 

 anterior lateral margins slightly rounded and obliquely 

 directed to head, the posterior lateral margins obliquely 

 sinuate to basal angles of scutellum, posterior margin con- 

 cavely sinuate ; scutellum longer than broad, discally 

 foveately impressed ; rostrum reaching the intermediate 

 coxaj ; posterior tibise with a strong spine before apex ; 

 tegmina but a little more than twice as long as broad, their 

 apices rounded, transverse^ veined on apical area ; wings a 

 little shorter than tegmina, more than twice as long as broad. 



Type, D. lenmria, Dist. 



By the sulcately impressed face allied to Literna, Stal, but 

 diflbring by the shape and size of the pronotum, &c. 



Dauphina lenmria, sp. n. 



Head and scutellum black ; pronotum ochraceous, its 

 anterior margin (broadly) and posterior margin (narrowly) 

 black ; abdomen above, body beneath, and legs sanguineous ; 

 face, anterior and intermediate tibiee and tarsi, and apices 

 of the posterior tibise and the tarsi black ; lateral angles of 

 the prosternum ochraceous, inwardly narrowly black; teg- 

 mina with less than basal half ochraceous, outwardly margined 

 with a transverse black fascia inwardly continued on claval 

 suture but not reaching base, base of posterior claval margin 

 also black, the costal area sanguineous ; beyond this ochra- 

 ceous area the colour is pale brownish ochraceous, with the 

 apical margin broadly black ; wdngs very pale fuliginous, the 

 basal area and posterior and apical margins fuscous ; vertex 

 foveate on each lateral area at inner margins of eyes ; pro- 

 notum thickly finely obscurely punctate, with several 

 foveations in the anterior black area; rostrum sanguineous, 

 its apex black and reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior 

 tibise with a single robust spine at about one-third before 

 apex. 



Long., excl. tegm,, 9 mm. ; exp. tegm. 25 mm. 



Hub. Madagascar; Fort Dauphin {M. J. Cloisel, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



