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b-. Antennno as long as face or longer, cylindrical or flattenpd, arista sub- 

 apical ; 4 to 6 cubital veins reaching the bind margin; female 

 genital styles normal. 

 h^. Vertex quadrate, broader tban long ; face \\'ide ; antennae large, 



flat MiNDANA. 



Jr. Vertex not broader tban wide ; face narrow or linear. 



k^. Hind margin of tegmen angularly produced between tbe apex of 

 clavus and tbe cubital veins. 



1^. Hind margin of tegmen serrate Losbanosia. 



P. Hind margin of tegmen not serrate . .Zoraiboides. 

 k-. Hind margin of tegmen not angularly produced between the 

 apex of clavus and cubital veins. 

 vi^. Costal margin produced on tbe basal fourth. 



Peggia. 



m^. Costal margin not produced on basal fourth. 



w\ Face in profile produced conic«lly between tbe eyes. 



PSEUDOHELCITA, g, n. 



7^^. Face in profile round, not produced conically. 



o\ Hind margin of pronotum straight, not emarginate. 



Neodiosthombus, g. n. 



0^. Hind margin of pronotum angularly emarginate. 



ZORAIDA. 



a'K Eyes in front reaching to the base of the clypeus ; subcostal cell very short 

 or absent ; female genital styles abortive .... (Sikaianini). 

 p^. Cubitus arising from the base of the tegmen, basal median cell present. 

 q^. Basal median cell broad and short, not reaching half-way along 

 tegmen. 

 r^. Antennae much shorter than thorax and head together, cylindrical, 



slightly constricted about middle . . Sikatana. 

 r^. Antennae as long as head and thorax together, or nearly so. 



MUIRIA. 



q^. Basal median cell very narrow, reaching to about middle of tegmen. 



Leomelicharia. 



j)'^. Cubitus arising from media some distance from base. 



DiSTANTINIA. 



List of Species in the British Jiluseiim Collection. 



1. DiosPOLis Westwood = Philadelphia Kirkaldy. 



-D. {^Cicada') * elongata ¥a.\)Y.=:I*. pandani Kii'k. ; D. annetti, sj). n. 



2. Proutista Kirkald}^ = Afakia Kirkaldy = Arfaha Distant. 



P. (De7'be) fritillaris Boh. ; P. {JPhenice) australis Dist. ; 

 P. {Arfaha) decisa Dist. ; P. pseudodecisa, sp. n. ; P. {Phe- 

 nice) moesta Wesiw. = Thracia alhip>es Walk.=jDer5<? maculata 

 Westw. 



The generic names witkin brackets indicate the genus the species was originaJJy described under 



