132 A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF SAWPLY, 



Head truncate in front, slightly lobed and swelling out below 

 the base of the antenn;e, wider than the thorax, nearly twice as 

 wide as long, swelling out behind the eyes, and deeply arcuate 

 at the junction with thejDrothorax; eyes large, hemispherical, very 

 finely faceted; ocelli ochreous, shining, large ; hind pair in a line 

 with the centre of the eyes, the frontal one in the centre behind 

 the base of the antennaj, enclosed in an irregular heart-shaped 

 black patch occupying the centre of the forehead ; antennae 

 8-jointed, 1st short, cylindrical, reddish-brown at base ; 2nd 

 smaller, bead-shaped; 3rd thrice the length of the first two com- 

 bined, rounded at the base, slightly curved at the base, swelling 

 out at the apex and truncate ; 4th slender at the base, swelling 

 out to the apex, which is slightly produced into a knob on the 

 outer margin ; 5th, 6th, 7th segments of about equal length, 

 slender at the base and swelling out into a funnel-like tip, which 

 forms a finger-like projection on the outer edge ; 8th segment 

 slender, oblong, oval, longest and rounded at the tip. 



Thorax smooth, shining, rounded in front, and widest at base 

 of the fore-wings; a short thorn-like projection on either side of 

 the mesothorax, the apex truncate ; scutellum smooth, large 

 angled on either side in front, rounded behind. Metathorax 

 cylindrical, tapering towards the abdominal segments. Legs 

 long, slender, the tibiae of each pair armed with a pair of apical 

 gpines on the inner margin, those of the fore and middle pair 

 short and curved inwards; tibiae of hind legs armed with a small 

 spine about one-third from the apex, and two lai-ge stout spines 

 at the apex; 1st joint of the tarsi longer than the rest combined; 

 2nd and 3rd of the same length; 4th smaller and rounded; tarsal 

 claws stout, turned downwards, bifid. 



Wings: forewings more than twice as long as broad, costal 

 nervure stout ; stigma large, elongate ; radial cell large, costal 

 nervure produced beyond the outer margin ; the first of the four 

 cubital cells rounded above; 2nd cubital cell constricted at base, 

 3rd longer than broad, the transverse cubital nervures showing 

 fovea in the centre; median cell long and slender, clouded at apex; 

 1st discoidal cell narrower at the base, broadest in a line with the 



