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mina narrowed behind middle ; posterior tibiae bispinose. Sp. . 
culatus (W alk.), B. e. Z. 1866, p. 386. 
Balsa, g. n., Stal, 1. c. p. 66. Allied to Lepyronia ; ocelli distinct, nearer to 
each other than to eyes ; tegmina convex j wings with intramarginal vein 
interrupted, anal cell narrow. Sp. Lepyronia ohscurata (Am. & Serv.), con- 
cinna, frontalis, glahrata, and fusco-notata (Stal), B. e. Z. 1866, p. 384. 
Plinia, g. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 66. Allied to Lepyronia', ocelli nearer to the eyes 
than to each other ; head and thorax of equal width ; thorax with antero- 
lateral margins very short ; scutellum much longer than broad. Sp. Lepy- 
ronia ampla (Stfil), B. e. Z. 1866, p. 384. 
Cephisus, g. n., Stal, 1. c. p. 67. Allied to Ptyelus ; wings with cell behind 
second anastomosis extending to intramarginal vein; vertex and thorax 
without a keel; head narrower than thorax, forehead with an obtuse keel ; 
ocelli and eyes equidistant ; scutellum very long ; posterior tibiae bispinose, 
Sp. Ptyelm siccifolius (Stal), B. e. Z. 1866, p. 384. 
Antemo'e, g. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 67. Allied to preceding ; posterior tibiae uni- 
spinose ; ocelli much nearer to each other than to eyes. Sp. A. alhigera and 
A, alhipes, sp. n., Stal, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, p. 384, Mysol. 
Avernus, g. n., St§,l, 1. c. p. 68. Allied to Ceplmus ; intramarginal vein 
of wings not waved between apices of longitudinal veins ; ocelli further 
from eyes than from each other ; forehead smooth. Sp. Monecphora alhoatra 
(Walk.) ocelliger and interruptus (Walk.), B. e. Z. 1866, p. 384. 
Cordia, g. n., Stal, l.c. p.78. Allied to Philcenus', thorax quadrangular, lateral 
angles acute ; anterior margin of lobes of vertex partly acute, sides of forehead 
transversely strigose. Sp. Ptyelus peregrans (St§l) and P. albilatera (Walk.), 
Napotreplies, g. n., Stal, 1. c. p. 79. Allied to Aphrophora ; vertex and 
thorax with no central keel ; rostrum short ; tegmina oblong. Sp. Aphro- 
phora africana (StSl). 
Bathyllus, g. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 68. Allied to Napotrephes ; tegmina oval ; 
coriuni convex ; thorax sexangular, transverse ; forehead convex, transversely 
strigose ; apical margin of lobes of vertex acute. Sp. Leptyronia moerens 
(Stai), B. e. Z. 1866, p. 386. 
Sepullia, g. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 79. Allied to Carystus ; tegmina subcoriaceous, 
obsoletely margined at apex ; lobes of vertex convexo-deflexed. Sp. Clas- 
toptera murrayi (Sign.), Acocephalus hlennus and viduus (StSl), Cicada rufa 
(Thunb.) ; Sepullia nigropunctata, sp. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 80, Calabar. 
Tomaspis xanthospila, sp. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 66, Sierra Leone. 
Jassides. 
Fie BE R tabulates the genera of Jassides (Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. 
Wien, xvi. pp. 500-510) as indicated in the following abridg- 
ment : — 
I. Ocelli on the disk of the vertex. 
A. Pronotum trapezoidally produced behind .... Mcsodicus (g. n.) \ 
B. Pronotum not produced behind, transverse. 
1. Margin of vertex linear, angular ; apex of forehead with a pit. 
a. Face rather long ; clypeus two -thirds length of forehead. 
Errhomenus (g. n.) 
’ P. 601. 1 n. sp. 
2 Ibid. 1 n. sp. 
