Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 297 



MuNZA, gen. nov. 



Head (including eyes) a little wider than base of mesonotum, 

 subtruricate and deflected in front of eyes ; pronotum trans- 

 verse, about as long as mesonotum, its posterior margin a 

 little more than half the length of its vertex, its lateral 

 margins dilated and a little angulated, but not reaching the 

 basal cell of tegmina ; anterior femora not spined ; posterior 

 tibiai longly spined on their apical halves; metasternum a 

 little elevated and centrally sulcate; tympanal coverings some- 

 what small; opercula short, broad, their lateral and posterior 

 margins a little oblique and sinuate ; rostrum reaciiing the 

 posterior coxse ; tegmina with the ba?al cell broadened 

 apically ; wings with the outer and posterior membrane very 

 broad, about one third their length. 



Type, M. laticlavia, Stal {Platy pleura). 



Genus Platypleura. 



Platypleura, Amy. & Serv. Hist. Hem. p. 465 (1843). 

 Subgen. Oxypleura, Amy. & Serv. Hist. Hem. p. 469 (1843). 

 Subgen. Fcecilopsaltria^ Stal, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 2 (1866). 



Type genus, Platypleura — P. stridula, Linn. (Cicada). 

 ,, subgen. Oxypleura — 0. clara^ Amy. &. Serv. 

 „ „ Poecilopsaltria — P. octoyutiata, Fabr. ( Tetti- 



gonia). 



Yanga, gen. nov. 



Head (including eyes) as wide or a little wider than base of 

 mesonotum, not truncate anteriorly, but with the lateral 

 margins of the vertex a little oblique on each side, the front 

 produced, about as long as the pronotum (excluding its poste- 

 rior margin) ; pronotum transverse, its posterior margin 

 about half the length of vertex, the lateral margins strongly 

 and angulately produced on each side, their apices extending 

 to a little more than the base of basal cell of tegmina ; meso- 

 notum a little longer than pronotum ; anterior femora with a 

 basal and subapical spinous tubercle ; posterior tibioe with a 

 few spines on apical area ; metasternum elevated and centrally 

 sulcate; tympanal coverings moderate in size; opercula 

 short and broad, their apices more or less convexly rounded ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxeb ; tegmina with the 

 costal membrane much arched at base and dilated, about as 

 broad or broader than the costal area, basal cell short and. 

 broad, ulnar veins widely separated at their bases. 



1 ype, Y. Jiova^ Dist. [Pacilopsaltria). 



