64 DISTANT. 



Suborder HOMOPTERA. 

 ' Family FULGORIDtE. 



SCAMANDRA Stal. 



Stett. Ent. Zcit. (1863) 24, 232. 

 Type: S. rosea Gu^r. 



Scamandra banksi sp. nov. (Plate I, fig. 8.) 



Head and pronotum olivaceous brown, eyes ochraceous; mesonotiim oastaneous; 

 abdomen above brownish, thicl<ly covered with a white, waxy secretion; body 

 beneath pale chocolate-brown, face and legs dark olivaceous brown; tegmina with a 

 little less than basal half dark olivaceous, remaining area and the extreme base 

 brownish testaceous, the basal olivaceous area with two transverse pale ochraceous 

 fasciae, the first obliquely directed inward, the second iregular and marking the 

 boundary line of the olivaceous area, the brownish testaceous area containing a 

 number of very obscure, slightly paler spots; wings brownish testaceous, the anal 

 area suffused with a white, waxy secretion, posterior margin from anal margin to 

 commencement of apical area, greyish white, veins and cross-veins on central 

 area olivaceous or greyish, the basal half of upper half of wing olivaceous, outer 

 margin of apical area pale brownish ; tubercle at base of upper surface of posterior 

 tibiae short, obtuse; pronotum and mesonotum more or less finely wrinkled, the 

 first with an obscure fine longitudinal carinate line, the latter centrally, longi- 

 tudinally sulcate; face with two strong central earinations, the lateral margins 

 also strongly carinate. 



Long. excl. tegm. 21 millimeters^ Exp. tegm. 73 millimeters. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands; Mindanao, Camp Keithley (Mrs. il/. S. 

 Clemens collector) . 

 ■ Allied to S. saturata Walk., and S. lydia Stal. 



NEODICTYOPHARA gen. nov. 



Type: N. nasuta sp. nov. 



General characters of Dictyophara. Head in type longly produced; face and 

 clypeus centrally longitudinally carinate; rostrum reaching the intermediate 

 coxae; pronotum angularly emarginate at base, tricarinate; mesonotum tricarinate, 

 the earinations united near anterior margin; femora shorter than tibiae, posterior 

 tibiae (in type) armed with about four spines, the one near base very short; 

 tegmina about three times longer than broad, costal margin somewhat strongly 

 arched at base, moderately narrowed at apex, costal area with transverse veins, 

 subcostal area much broader, near base nearly twice as broad; from end of cell 

 three longitudinal veins, the upper and lower apically bifurcated for about half 

 their length; clavus without a transverse vein, apical area reticulate, preceded by 

 a series of prominent transverse veins; wings of moderate size, the veins bifurcat- 

 ing toward apical area and forming a series of irregularly sized and shaped apical 

 cells. 



Neodictyophara nasuta sp. nov. (Plate I, fig. 11, a, 6.) • 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, body beneath and legs virescent; abdomen above 

 greyish white; tegmina virescent; wings greyish white; head in front of eyes 



