. Rhynchota ... Scutellum not reaching the apex of clavus. 2494. Haranga scutellaris, sp. n. Above shining black; apical margin of tegmina hyaline wherethe veins are brownish, thus giving the appearance of a series otwhite cellular areas; head beneath and pro- and mesosternablack; metasterna and abdomen beneath piceous-brown; vertexand pronotum transversely wrinkled ; scutellum punctate at base,transversely wrinkled on disk which is moderately globose,apical area not longitudinally ridged ; tegmina thickly, somewhatstrongly punctate; legs piceous ; face obliquely deftexed andstrongly compresse
. Rhynchota ... Scutellum not reaching the apex of clavus. 2494. Haranga scutellaris, sp. n. Above shining black; apical margin of tegmina hyaline wherethe veins are brownish, thus giving the appearance of a series otwhite cellular areas; head beneath and pro- and mesosternablack; metasterna and abdomen beneath piceous-brown; vertexand pronotum transversely wrinkled ; scutellum punctate at base,transversely wrinkled on disk which is moderately globose,apical area not longitudinally ridged ; tegmina thickly, somewhatstrongly punctate; legs piceous ; face obliquely deftexed andstrongly compressed ; posterior tibise stvougly spinulose. Length 7 millim. 250 Hab. Assam; Margherita (Coll. Ceylon; Kandy( Green). 2495, Haranga decurtata, sp. u. Black; eyes, lateral margins of prouotum and bases of lateralniartrins to tegmina more or less ochraceous; apices of tegminahyaline, where the veins are fuscous and before which there aresome indistinct ochraceous spots ; head beneath black ; sternum,. Fig. 158.—Hara)ii/a dec/ciiafa. abdomen and legs brownish-ochraceous, abdomen with centraltransverse piceous shadings and witli a narrow central longitudinalpale line ; prouotum irregularly transversely wrinkled ; scutelluma little globose and strongly wrinkled on basal half, apical halfsmooth and narrow, not reaching the apex of clavus ; tegminathickly punctate. Length 8 millim. Ilab. Nilgiri Hills {Hampson). Genus BALALA, nov. Type, B. fnlviventns, Walk. Distribution. Oriental Region. Vertex of head short, deflected, anteriorly rounded ; ocelli ondisk between the eyes much nearer to eyes than to each other;face somewhat perpendicularly deflected, moderately convex,cheeks expanded ; rostrum short, just passing the anterior coxae ;pronotum about three times the length of vertex, anterior marginvery slightly rounded, posterior margin strongly subangularly BALALA. 251 excavate before the base of sfiitelliim, lateral margins oblique ;scutelluui long, moderately raised,
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