1922.] W. D. Funkhouser : Indian Membracidae. 325 



Gargara majuscula Distant. 



One female from Pashok, alt. 3500 ft., Darjiling Dist., K. 

 Himalayas, June, 1916 (L. C. Hartless). 



Gargara tumida Melichar. 



One female from Pashok, alt. 2500 ft., Darjiling Dist., E. 

 Himalayas, May 26, 1914 (F. H. Gravely). 



Centrotypus asmodeus Distant. 

 One female from Kapit, Sarawak, Aug. 9, 1910 (C. Beebe). 



Centrotypus parvus, sp. nov. 

 (PI. X, fig. 2). 



Small, slender, black, pubescent; suprahumerals slender- 

 sharp, projecting upward and outward, as long as the distance 

 between their bases ; scutellum entirely concealed ; posterior pro- 

 cess long, slender, decurved, extending beyond internal angles of 

 tegmina and just about reaching end of abdomen ; tegmina 

 ferruginous-hyaline ; undersurface of body black ; legs uniformly 

 ferruginous. 



Technical description : — 



Head subquadrate, wider than long, black, impunctate, finely 

 pubescent with short silvery hairs ; base arcuate and sinuate ; 

 eyes large, prominent, dark brown ; ocelli small, conspicuous, white, 

 shining, equidistant from each other and from the eyes and situat- 

 ed about on a line drawn through centres of eyes ; inferior mar- 

 gins of genae feebly sinuate ; clypeus longer than wide, black, 

 pilose, projecting for more than half its length below margins of 

 genae, tip pointed. 



Pronotum black, finely punctate, closely pubescent with short 

 silvery hairs; gibbous above head; median carina percurrent; 

 dorsum nearly straight ; humeral angles small, triangular, sharp, 

 inconspicuous; suprahumeral horns slender, sharp, extending 

 outward and upward with tips bent slightly backward, as long as 

 the distance between their bases; metopidium convex, broader 

 than high, nearly vertical above the head, a smooth semicircular 

 depression over each eye ; scutellum entirely concealed ; posterior 

 process long , slender, tricarinate, nearly straight, tip slightly 

 depressed, extending beyond internal angles of tegmina and just 

 about reaching tip of abdomen. 



Tegmina long, narrow, smoky-hyaline, tinged with ferrugin- 

 ous ; base black, punctate, coriaceous and opaque; veins pro- 

 minent, costal veins black, others brown ; five apical and two dis- 

 coidal cells. 



Undersurface of body black and densely pubescent. Legs 

 entirely and uniformly ferruginous. 



