358 ME. W. L. DISTANT ON KHTNCHOTA 



moderately concave and wrinkled ; pronotum finely wrinkled ; posterior tibiae with 

 a strong spine beyond middle. 



Long., excl. tegm., 6 mm. Exp. tegm. 22 mm. 



Utakwa Eiver, 2500-3000 ft. 



Allied to A. tripars Walk. 



83. AUFIDUS HILAKIS. 



Aufidus hilaris Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 285 (1870). 

 Wataikwa Eiver. 



Genus Eoscarta. 



Eoscarta Bredd. Soc. Ent. xvii. p. 58 (1902). 

 A genus found in British India, the Malayan Archipelago, and Australia. 



84. Eoscarta kufa. 



Trieq>hora rufa Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Loud., Zool. x. p. 289 (1870). 

 Utakwa River, 3000 ft. 

 Originally described from New Guinea. 



Genus Cosmoscaeta. 

 Cosmoscarta Stal, Hem. Fabr. ii. p. 11 (1869). 

 A genus found in the Oriental, Malayan, and Eastern Paleearctic regions. 



85. Cosmoscaeta sequens. 



Cercopis sequens Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 285 (1870). 

 Wataikwa River. 



Genus Homalostethus. 



Homalostethus Schmidt, Stett. ent. Zeit. Ixxii. p. 52 (1911). 

 A Malayan and Papuan genus. 



86. Homalostethus mimikensis. 



Cosmoscarta mimikensis Dist. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1911, p. 602, pi. xlix. fig. 10. 

 Miniika Eiver ; Launch Camp, Setakwa, Utakwa Eiver Expedition. 



Genus Megastethodon. 

 Megastethodon Schmidt, Stett. ent. Zeit. Ixxii. p. 68 (1911). 

 Apparently confined to the Papuan Islands. 



87. Megastethodon modestus, sp. n. (PI. XXXIV. fig. 15.) 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; abdomen above ochraceous ; exposed 



