8 HOMOPTERA 



including eyes ; this form being more dominant in the Oriental Region, while the charactei of typical 

 Platyphura is a marked feature in the Ethiopian species. 



Type. — Genus Platyphura — P. stridula, Linnaeus; subgen. Oxypleura — 0. clara, Amyot & 



Serville: subgen. Pacilopsaltria — P. octoguttata, Fabricius. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Ethiopian, Oriental, Malayan and Eastern Palaeartic 

 Regions. Goding and Froggatt have described a species (winch 1 have not seen) from Northern 

 Australia as belonging to Platyphura. They however describe it as similar to the Madagascar species 

 P. guttula, Signoret, which I place in my genus Yauga. 



A. Tegmina and wings hyaline (Oxypleura, Amyot & Serville). 



a. Tegmina and wings immaculate, or in a few cases slightly spotted. 



b. Pronotum very wide, the lateral angles prominent and acute. 



i. P. quadraticollis. Lake N'Gami, Transvaal. 



Platyphura quadraticollis. Butler, Cist. lint. Vol. i, p. 194 (1.N74); Distant, 

 Ins. Transvaal, p. 172, t. 17, f. qa,b (1906). 



2. P. bufo. Brit. India. 



Oxypleura bufo. Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 27 (iS5oi. 



Pacilopsaltria bufo. Distant, Hon. Orient. Cicad. p. 5. t. K, f. 2oa.b 11889). 



Platyphura bufo, Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhynch. Vol. 3, p. 5g (1906). 



b' . Pronotum of ordinary width, the lateral angles acutely spinous. 



3. P. spicata. Madagascar. 



Platyphura spicata, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (igo5), p. 192. 



b" . Pronotum of ordinary width, the lateral angles acute but not spinous. 



4. P. data. W. Africa, Nubia. 



Oxyphura clara, Amyot & Serville, Hist. Hem. p. 469 (1843). 

 Oxypleura passu, Walker, List. Horn. Vol. 1, p. 28 (i85o). 

 Oxyphura basistigma, Walker, ibidem, p. 3o. 



5. P. polydorus. — PI. I , Figs. 6a, b. W. E. & S. Africa. 



Oxypleura polydorus, Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 32 fi85o). 

 Platyphura polydorus, Stal, Hem. Afr. Vol. 4. p. 2.3 (1866). 

 ft. P. brevis. W. E. & S. Africa. 



Platyphura brevis. Walker, List Horn. Vol. i, p. 19 ( i85o) ; 1 list. Ins. Transv. 



Vol. 1, p. 172. t. 17, f. 4,/, b 1 1906). 

 Platyphura simplex, Walker, he. cat. p. 22. 

 Cicada ueurosticta, Schaum, Ber. Akad. Berl. 1 is53), p 35g: Peters. Reise 



nach Mossamb. Ins. p. 55, t. 2, f. 12 (1862). 

 Oxyphura sobi ina, Stal. Oefv. Vet. -Akad. Forh. (i855). p. 89. 

 Oxypleura pati metis. Stal, ibidem, p. 90. 



7. P. niveonotata. Lake N'Gami. 



Platyphura [Oxyphura) niveonotata. Butler, Cist. Ent. Vol. 1. p. 197 (1874). 



8. P. hyalophra. Senegal. 



Platyphura hyaloptera, Stal. Hem. Afr. Vol. 4, p. 20 I1866I. 



9. P. centralis. Mashonaland. 



Platyphura centralis. Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6i,Vol.i9,p. I2cN(i897). 



10. P. canescens. Malay Archipelago. 



Oxyphura canescens. Walker. Jonrn. Linn. Soc. Zool. Vol. 10, p. 83 '1867). 



Platyphura [Oxyphura) acntipennis, Butler, Cist. Ent. Vol. I, p. 195 1 1874). 



Pacilopsaltria canescens, Distant Hon. Orient. Cicad. p. 6,t. 8, i.iSa,b(i&8g). 

 ir. P. calypso. Christmas Island. 



Oxyphura calypso, Kirby, Proc. Zool Soc. Loud. (1888), p. 553. 



Pacilopsaltria calypso. Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 6, t. 10. f. 3a. I) (1889I. 

 12. P. lineatella. Sunda Islands. 



Platyphura lineatella. Distant, Ann. May. Nat Hist. (7). Vol. i6,p.66S( 190D). 



