. Rhynchota ... moderately ascendant, obliquely directed for^^•ard,bicarinate, apices broad and truncate, as viewed in front muclinarrower, more obliquely ascendant and the apices apparentlymore acute ; posterior pronotal process about reaching the posterioranf^le of the inner margin of the tegmina, robust, centrally andlaterally carinate, well separated from the scutellum at base, afterwhich it is ampliated beneath and impinges on the tegmina, thencegradually narro\\ed to apex; tegmina with the veins pilose ; bodybeneath and legs thickly pilose. Length 8 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 5| to
. Rhynchota ... moderately ascendant, obliquely directed for^^•ard,bicarinate, apices broad and truncate, as viewed in front muclinarrower, more obliquely ascendant and the apices apparentlymore acute ; posterior pronotal process about reaching the posterioranf^le of the inner margin of the tegmina, robust, centrally andlaterally carinate, well separated from the scutellum at base, afterwhich it is ampliated beneath and impinges on the tegmina, thencegradually narro\\ed to apex; tegmina with the veins pilose ; bodybeneath and legs thickly pilose. Length 8 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 5| to 6 millim. Hah. Ceylon ; Kandy, Pundaluoya (Green); Xalanda, Patipolla{fide MeliclMr). CENTROTUS. 47 21(i )^ Centrotus bioculatus, Kh-htf, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. KiO(1891); Mf/ic/i. Horn. Fauii. Ceylon, p. Ill (1903). Head and prouotum purplish-black ; two spots in centre of frontand a spot on each side of base of scutellum greyish-sericeous;lateral areas of ^sternum and abdomen beneath more or less verv. >\;^ Fig. 38.— Cfutru(; hiocidnfu^. pale ochraeeously sericeous ; legs purp]ish-bro^^•^, palely pilose ;tegmiua castaneous-browu, the inner area hyaline, which is darkeron basal half owing to the reflection of the abdomen beneath ;prouotum coarsely granulose : the lateral processes as seen fromabove long, broad, obliquely ascendaut, bicarinate, the apicestruncate, as viewed in front narrower, with the apices apparentlymore acute : posterior process at base only moderately raised abovethe scutellum, centrally and laterally cariuate, the central cari-nation continued through prouotum, its apex slightly passing theposterior angle of the inner margin of the tegmiua, moderatelyampliated beneath beyond basal area and impinging on thetegmiua. Length 9 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 6 Ceylon; jNtaskeliyn, Pundaluoya (Green); Haputale,JSTewera Ellya (Jide Melichar). 21G9. Centrotus ramosus, sp. n. Head and prouotum black; tegmiua piceous; a small spot a
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