. Rhynchota ... ably longer than vertex. a. Face open or not closed above Em:poasca, p. 401. b. Face closed above, the frontal sutures con- nected below by an acute angle, or bow-shaped with one another Heliona, p. 407. Genus HOMA, uov. Type, H. insignis, Dist. Distribution. Ceylon. Vertex siibquadrate, longer than breadth between eyes at base,rounded but very slightly produced in front of eyes, which arealmost as long as the vertex and do not project over the anteriorangles of the pronotum ; face long, broad, narrowing to clypeuswhich is short and broad ; pronotum shorter than vertex, trans-v
. Rhynchota ... ably longer than vertex. a. Face open or not closed above Em:poasca, p. 401. b. Face closed above, the frontal sutures con- nected below by an acute angle, or bow-shaped with one another Heliona, p. 407. Genus HOMA, uov. Type, H. insignis, Dist. Distribution. Ceylon. Vertex siibquadrate, longer than breadth between eyes at base,rounded but very slightly produced in front of eyes, which arealmost as long as the vertex and do not project over the anteriorangles of the pronotum ; face long, broad, narrowing to clypeuswhich is short and broad ; pronotum shorter than vertex, trans-verse, a little rounded in front, the lateral margins nearly straight;scutellum broad, subtriangular; legs slender, posterior tibiaestrongly spinulose and shghtly curved; tegraiua long, muchlonger than abdomen, apical cells three, large, and subequal inlength. 2668. Homa insignis, sp. n. Vertex, pronotum and scutellum scar!et-red ; vertex at innermargins of eyes narrowly greyish-red ; face and clypeus red, apical. Fig. 248.—Homa insignis. margin of the latter pale yellowish ; sternum and legs stramineous ;abdomen beneath more or less pale scarlet-red, its apical area EMlOASCA. 401 stramineous ; tegmina hyaline with a faint yellowish tint, clavalarea (excluding base and extreme apex), basal costal margin, anda transverse fascia beyond middle scarlet-red, immediately behindthe transverse fascia is a small piceous-red costal spot, apical areavery slightly infuscate; vertex a little longer than the breadthbetween eyes at base, evenly transversely rounded in front of eyes. Length 4 millim. Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). Genus EMPOASCA. Empoasca, Walsh, Proc. Bosi. Soc. Nat. Hid. ix, p. 316 (1864); Van Dtizee, Tr. Am. JEnt. Soc. xxi, p. 309 (1894) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 21:^ (1903) ; Oshan. Verz. Pal. Hem. ii, Homopt. ii, p. 197^1907).Cbloroneura, Walsh, Proc. Bvst. Soc. Nat. Hist, ix, p. 316 (1864) ; Woodw. Psyche, v, p. 212 (1889).Chloria, Fieb. Verh. Ges. Wien,
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