FIEBEEIANA. — BDLTOXOTUS. 15 



3. Fieberiaiia pachymerus, Fieh. 



PhujlucephaUis pachymerm, Fieber, Abli. kunigl.-buhm. Ge.s. Wiss. 



(5) iii, 1845, p. 407. 

 Piezotettix imchymems, Kirby, Cat. Ortb. iii, 1910, p. 7. 



Prouotum with a high arch, laterally tectiform, wrinkled, and 

 finely granulated ; front lateral margin waved, front angle 

 rounded, hinder angle short, lamellated ; sides of the truncated 

 process broad, lamellated, narrowed from front to back. Upper 

 carina of hind femora before and at the knee twice " abgesetzt " 

 (emarginate ?). Tegmina small, triangular, in the concavity of 

 the hinder angle of the pronotum. (Fieber.) 



Size not stated. 



India {Heifer). 



Genus DELTONOTUS. 



Ddtonvtm, Hancock, Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, pp. 107, 111 ; id., Geu. Ins., 



Ortb. Tetrig. 1906, pp. 9, 14. 

 Paecilotettix, Bolivar (wee Scudder), Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 



1902, p. 580. 



TrPE, Deltonotus fectiformis, Hanc. 



Range. India, Ceylon. 



Finely granulated, but not rugose. Head broad, wider below 

 than above, vertex carinated, the branches diverging on the face; 

 antennoe very slender, 12-jointed, widely separated, slightly below 

 tbe level of the lower margin of the eyes ; eyes large, sessile. 

 Pronotum strongly compressed and carinate above, pointed before 

 and behind, projecting above the head, and about as long as the 

 abdomen behind. Tegmina and wings absent. Hind femora 

 about twice as long as broad, and extending for fully one-third 

 of their length beyond the extremity of the pronotum ; hind 

 tibise with four or five spines on the back, and with two terminal 

 spines on each side ; first joint of the hind tarsi longer tban the 

 second and third together. 



Key to the Sj)ecies. 



1 (2) No black lateral spot on pronotum . . suhcucullutiis, Walk., p. 15. 



2 (1) A distinct black spot on each side of 



j^^ pronotum (jlbhiceps, Bob, p. 1(3. 



4. Deltonotus subcucullatus, WaVc. 



Tettix subcucullatus, Walker, Cat. Uerm. Salt. B.M. v, 1871, 

 p. 830. 



Darker or hghter ferruginous brown ; pronotum, except the 

 carina, darker than the rest of tbe body. Pronotum thickl}^ 



