170 Mr. W. L. Distant on Rhynchota from Mergin. 



HomoBocerus tinctus, n. sp. 



Ochraceous, thickly covered with fine dark punctures. An- 

 tennae pale castaneous ; first joint robust, shorter than second, 

 which is longest, third and fourth subequal in length, second 

 and third slightly infuscated near their apices, fourth, ex- 

 cluding basal third and apex, subinfuscated. Membrane pale 

 smoky hyaline, with the internal basal area black. Rostrum 

 pale ochraceous, with the third and fourth joints subequal, 

 its apex about reaching the intermediate coxa3. Abdomen 

 above pale reddish. Body beneath and legs pale ochraceous. 

 Pronotal angles subprominent and obtusely angulated. 



Long. 14-16 ffiillim. 



This species is allied to IT. albiventris, DalL, from which it 

 differs by its much more robust form, different colour of the 

 abdomen above, the basal area of the membrane more infus- 

 cated, &c. One specimen alone contained in this collection ; 

 T possess a second from Tenasserim. 



Fam. Reduviidse. 



Ectrychotes atrtpennts y Stal, var. ? 



This variety agrees with Stal's description, save in wanting 

 the black spots " maculis tribus magnis lateribus pectoris," 

 but differing also in having the apices of the tibiae black. 



As Stal's species (which I do not possess) was received 

 from Malacca, I have thought that this may possibly be but 

 a varietal form, and have therefore refrained from describing 

 it as a distinct species. 



Hemiptera-Homoptera. 



Fam. Cicadidae. 



Cosmopsaltria Andersoni, n. sp. 



£ . Head olivaceous. Lateral margins of front, area of 

 ocelli, and a small spot on each side of same black. Pro- and 

 mesonotum olivaceous, the first with a central longitudinal 

 ochraceous fascia, bordered with black, widest anteriorly, and 

 compressed about centre, and with a small curved black line 

 behind the eyes ; mesonotum with two obconical spots bor- 

 dered with black on anterior margin, on each side of which is 

 a small discal black streak and a long curved black spot on 

 each side of base near anterior angles of cruciform elevation, 

 which are also black. Abdomen dull, dark ochraceous. 



