. Rhynchota ... n dots of which the middle onesare very close together; face broader than long, pale green,twice as broad above as at clypeus ; at the end of frontal suturethe ocelli occur at the passage from the vertex to the front;second joint of antennte black, antennal bristles as long as half thebody; ziigel semicircular, enclosed by the cheeks; clypeusspatulate, in the middle constricted, at the tip widened ; pronotumfour times * as long as the vertex, in front broadly rounded, behind * This is an error, a reference to Melichars figure will show that thepronotum is only about twice as lo
. Rhynchota ... n dots of which the middle onesare very close together; face broader than long, pale green,twice as broad above as at clypeus ; at the end of frontal suturethe ocelli occur at the passage from the vertex to the front;second joint of antennte black, antennal bristles as long as half thebody; ziigel semicircular, enclosed by the cheeks; clypeusspatulate, in the middle constricted, at the tip widened ; pronotumfour times * as long as the vertex, in front broadly rounded, behind * This is an error, a reference to Melichars figure will show that thepronotum is only about twice as long. 358 JASSID^. flatly concave, ou the surface arched, smooth, greeu, with indistinctdots near the front margin; scutellum nearly as long as^the pro-notum, broadly triangular, with a short transverse line in middle ;tegmina rather long, passing tip of abdomen, hyaline, dirty olive-,green, with delicate distinct greenish-yellow veins ; in the clavusa transverse vein connects the outer claval vein with the claval. Fig. 227.—Bhatia olivacca. suture, at the end of claval \eins are black spots, and the tip ofclavus filled up with black, apical margin broadly bordered withdark bro\, and there are longitudinal brownish stripes in thefour apical cells ; wings dark smoky-brown, with brownish-piceousveins; pectus and abdomen olive-green; legs dirty greenish-yellow, femora spotted with brownish, posterior tibia? set withstrong bristles. (Melichar.) Length inch tegm. 6 to 7 millim. JIab. Ceylon; Peradeniya (G^ravi). The above description and the figure given by Melichar agreein all essentials with three Ceylonese specimens in my collection,one of xAhich is here figured. The absence of the transverseclaval vein I have alluded to in my generic description. The foursmall bro\An dots near base of vertex are not constant; there aregenerally only two, and sometimes none. There are no longi-tudinal bro\ish stripes in the four apical cells, a character whichapplies to Kutara hrimnescens {ante,
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