Rhynchota .. . h with tiie lateral margins irregu-larly pale brownish; ant(!nna3 a little darker in hue, first andseroini joints subequal in length and each about as long as abdo-men ; rostrum with the basal joint ])assing eyes ; pronotunielongate, about as long as meso- and metanota together, anteriorlyroundly dilated, the anterior margin truncate ; abdomen stronglyattenuated at base, beyond basal segment gradually ovatelywidened and again narrowed towards apex ; intermediate andposterior femora a little darker in hue uith theii apices paleochraceous; anterior trochanters with a single strong
Rhynchota .. . h with tiie lateral margins irregu-larly pale brownish; ant(!nna3 a little darker in hue, first andseroini joints subequal in length and each about as long as abdo-men ; rostrum with the basal joint ])assing eyes ; pronotunielongate, about as long as meso- and metanota together, anteriorlyroundly dilated, the anterior margin truncate ; abdomen stronglyattenuated at base, beyond basal segment gradually ovatelywidened and again narrowed towards apex ; intermediate andposterior femora a little darker in hue uith theii apices paleochraceous; anterior trochanters with a single strong prominentspine. Length 11 millim. Hah. Ijueknow (Aiil-en). (ienus GARDENA. (Vol. 11, p. 214.)21)54. Gardena fasciata, Dist. A. M. X. 11. (8) iii, p. oOo (HtO!)). Head, pronotuin and mesonotura chocolate-brown, pronolumwith a broad sublateral greyish fascia on each side, mesonotumWith three central greyish fasciae, the central fascia broadest, thelateral fasciae narrower ; hemelytra greyish brown ; head beneath. Fi. 100. — Gardena/((iciata. and sternum black, the lattin- greyishly tomentose ; legs greyishbrown, coxae (excluding apices) and trochanters shining black :abdomen above and beneath greyish piceous -. antenna? ujutilatedin typical specimen ; head about as long as mesonotum, shorterthan proiiotum ; hemelytra extending to the base of the penulti-mate abdominal segment; anterior femora palely annulate nearapex, finely spinose beneath from about one-third from base,anterior tarsi three-jointed ; rostrum reaching the base of the 182 APPENDIX. :. anterior coxse, basal joint incrassate, darker than the remainingjoints; intermediate tibiae apically palely annulate, intermediateand posterior tarsi mutilated in typical specimen. Length 15 millim. Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). 1 have only seen an incomplete specimen of this well-markedspecies. Subfamily SAICIN^. (Vol. II, p. 217.) Genus POLYTOXUS. (Vol. 11, p. 217.)2955. Polytoxus formidabilis, sp. n. Head very pa
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