South African Bhynchota. 415 



pronotum, and two spots and a short central line on its posterior 



area, and the apical angles of the corium, black ; lateral margins 



(broadly) and posterior margin (narrowly) 



of pronotum, connexivum, body beneath and 



legs stramineous ; a black spot behind the 



anterior coxaB, and a central, discal, ventral, 



purplish fascia ; basal joint of antennae very 



coarsely granulose, the apical joint some- " 



what piceous near apex ; head coarsely 



granulose on lateral and posterior margins ; 



pronotum finely granulose, with two discal 



carinations on anterior area, apices of the 



posterior angles obliquely subtruncate ; scu- 



tellum granulose, its apical area mutilated in 



specimen described as shown by the pale area in the figure ; corium 



finely punctate ; membrane with a slight purplish tint ; extreme 



edge of connexivum finely granulose. 



Long. 9|- mm. ; exp. pronot. angl., 3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony; Port Elizabeth (Coll. Dist.). 



HOMOPTERA. 



Family FULGORIDiE. 

 Sub-Family DICTYOPHARINvE. 



ENGELA, gen. nov. 



Head very robustly prolonged, incompletely tricarinate, lateral 

 margins carinate ; face with the margins subparallel, tricarinate, 

 the carinations not reaching the clypeus ; clypeus distinctly centrally 

 carinate ; pronotum about as long as eyes, tricarinate ; mesonotum 

 about twice as long as pronotum, strongly tricarinate ; legs 

 cylindrical, posterior tibiae with three spines and posterior tarsi 

 moderately dilated ; tegmina about three times as long as broad, the 

 veins more or less reticulate on apical area ; wings narrow, apical 

 area defined by two discal transverse veins. 



Type : G. minuta, Dist. 



