. Rhynchota ... ead,a narrow central longitudinal carinate line, the diisk depressed alittle beyond base; face attenuated, cheeks broad : pronotum longerthan the vertex, convex, depressed on each side, the anteriormargin transverse and produced to between the eyes, centrallylongitudinally carinate, the posterior margin slightlj concavelysinuate ; scutellum large, broad, about as long as the pronotum,subtriangular, transversely impressed before apical area and witha central carinate line ; tegmina very much longer than abdomen,the costal margin a little arched to beyond middle, then slightlyobl


. Rhynchota ... ead,a narrow central longitudinal carinate line, the diisk depressed alittle beyond base; face attenuated, cheeks broad : pronotum longerthan the vertex, convex, depressed on each side, the anteriormargin transverse and produced to between the eyes, centrallylongitudinally carinate, the posterior margin slightlj concavelysinuate ; scutellum large, broad, about as long as the pronotum,subtriangular, transversely impressed before apical area and witha central carinate line ; tegmina very much longer than abdomen,the costal margin a little arched to beyond middle, then slightlyobliquely nai-rowed inwardly to apex, apical cells four, two trans-verse veins on costal area before apex; legs somewhat slender, allthe tibiae finely spiuulose. 2537. Platyretus marginatus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceijlon, p. 174(1903). Above chocolate-brown, beneath with legs stramineous ; vertexwith three greyish spots on anterior margin, the central spotsmallest, three greyish spots on ba^al margin, the central one. Fig. 184.— Platyretus viarginatus. transverse, the other two partly enclosing a dark centre, and acentral longitudinal pale line; pronotum with slightly palerwrinkles, a central pale longitudinal line, and \A-ith some obscure 290 JASSID^. paler spots on anterior area; seutellum with four small spots on eachside, a central longitudinal line and the apex greyish ; tegminawith the costal area greyish for about half its length, before apexit is hyaline and crossed by t\Ao transverse brown veins ; and obscurely punctate ; seutellum transversely impiessedbefore apical area \\hich is transversely wrinkled, the apex smooth ;face centrally smooth, obscurely striate on each lateral area. Length iucl. tegm. J and 5 ^ *^o 7 millim. Hah. Bengal; Palamau {Lefroy) ; Calcutta [Ind. Mus.). CeylonPeradeniya, Kala Oya {Green), Heuaratgoda {fide Melichar).Tenasserim; Myitta {Dolierty). Division 8ELEN0CEPHALARIA. Vertex about half as long as breadth between eyes, more o


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