HEMIPTEBA. HOMOPTERA OF CETL')lf. lo9 



*tCALLITETTIX: AEFINIS. 



Callitettix affinis, Afk. Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Ivii. (2) p. 335 (1889). 



Very common in Ceylon. 



The apical third of the tegraina, within the black edging, is 

 fuscous, reticulated with red of nearly the same shade as the rest 

 of the tegmina. This point is omitted in the original description 

 of the species. 



*tCALLITETTIX CAPITATA. 



Callitettix capitata, Stal, (Efvers. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. xxii. p. 15, n. 3 

 (1865). 



Phymatostetha insignis, Dist. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1878, p. 322. 



A very common and variable species in Ceylon ; th.e colour of 

 the pronotum varies from red to black ; the red at the base of 

 the tegmina is generally more or less lined with black, and 

 sometimes almost obliterated ; and the outer part of the tegraiua 

 varies from black to subhyaline fuscous. 



Mr. Green's specimens are from Pundaloya and Putlam. 



*tPHYMATOSTETHA INCONSPICFA. 



Phymatostetha inconspicua, Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 267 (1874). 



Common in Ceylon. 



*tCERCOPIS INCLUSA. 



Cercopis inclusa, Walk. Cat. Horn. Ins. B. M. iii. p. 668, n. 29 (1851) ; 

 Stal, (Efv. Vet.-Akad. Fork. xxii. p. 147 (1861). 



Common in Ceylon. Mr. (ji-reen's specimens are from Kaudy. 



*tC0SM0CASTA TAPEOBA"NENSIS. 



Cosmoeasta taprobanensis, Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivii. p. 333 (1889). 



A. very common insect in Ceylon. 



Frequents Strobilanfhus {E. E. G.). 



*tC0SM0CASTA (xREElSri. 



Cosmoeasta Greeni, Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivii. p. 334 (1889). 

 Described from Ceylon. 



Oenus Ehinastria, g. n. 



Vertex much depressed in front, filled up in the middle behind 



by a broad ridge, on the sides of which the ocelli are placed, 



which are about equally distant from each other and from the 



eyes; front produced downwards into a compressed carinated beak, 



