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Show 476 DR. WHITE ON THE HEMIPTERA OF ST. HELENA. [May 7, the head. There are sometimes additional brown markings on the vertex or face ; and the spots on the legs are also occasionally confluent. 28. THAMNOTETTIX SANCT^E-HELENA, sp. n. T. pallide aurantiacus, nitidus ; capitis maculis 2 parvis obsoletis inter oculos, frontis lineolis obsoletissimis transversis, pronoti margine postico, scutelli angulis basalibus, clavi nebulis 2 male (1 ante, 1 pone medium), corii nebulis 3 (1 ante, 1 pone medium) alteraque ad basin membranee indistincte dilutioribus; corpore subtus abdomineque supra et subtus flavescentibus ; tibiis posticis maculis nonnullis et unguiculis omnibus nigris. 6 2 • Long. 5 m. m. Hab. in excelsioribus insulae, ad "Diana's Peak." The always ill-defined pale markings are sometimes scarcely perceptible. The head, seen from above, is prominent and obtusely angularly rounded between the eyes ; the face is very convex, and the pronotum broader than the head. 29. JASSUS WOLLASTONI, sp. n. J. filavescenti- albidus; verticis vitta transversa inter oculos, frontis vittis 2 latis longitudinalibus, clypei dimidio apicali saltern macula utrinque ante oculos, pronoto (marginibus postico et lateralibus exceptis), sterni maculis ad tatera, scutelli macula quadrata ad medium basale, clavi vitta ad suturam clavalem et vitta centrali a basi ad medium, corii vitta subundulata a medio ad membranam currente, lineis longitudinalibus 2 minoribus (inter vittam centralem et basin elytri, 1 inter vittam centralem apicem corii), margine antico toto corii, tibiis anticis intermediisque et tarsis omnibus aurantiacis vel pallide aurantiacis; clavi linea j'uxta apicem marginis antici, membranee margine basali, sterni maculis nonnullis ad medium, abdomine (marginibus segmentorum exceptis) nigrescentibus; membrana, alis fere totis, unguiculisque fuscis vel brunneo-fuscis; venis ad apicem corii membraneeque pallide flavidis, venis ceteris obsoletis; capite pronoto fere cequi-longo, rotundato et levissime prominulo inter oculos; verticis margine postico quam singulus oculus paullo latiore ; vertice leviter dilatato antrorsum,foveola parva utrinque instructo ; fronte haud carinata; marginibus oculorum desuper visorum divergentibus; ocellis prope oculos sitis ; elytris oblongis. <f 2 • Long 6, lat. 2 m. m. Hab. in editioribus insulae, ad " Cason's," " Diana's Peak," et "Vine-tree Gut." Sometimes the clavus and inner margin of corium are infuscated, and the hind tibiae have a row of black dots on the outside. 30. CHLORITA EDITH^E, sp. n. C pallide flavescenti-albida; verticis maculis 2 elongatis inter oculos, et pronoti maculis 2 in disco sanguineis; scutello (macula quadrata ad medium basale excepto), clavi linea ad marginem interiorem ab apice scutelli currente, corii margine interiore fere |