16 ACBTDITNiE. 



reticulate-punctate, sometimes with obsolete linear markings. 

 Hind femora strongly notched above before the extremity. 

 Valves of ovipositor hairy, dentated, with the tip pointed, and 

 slightly curved. 



Length 9 mm. 



Ceylon: {Templetoii), Pundaluoya {Green). 



Types ( J , 5 ) in the British Museum ; those of B. tectiformis 

 in Prof. Hancock's collection at Chicago. 



Prof. Hancock states that some of the specimens from Punda- 

 luoya and others from Tantune have the pronotum less produced 



Fig. 17. — Ddtonoius snbcucullatus. 



anteriorly. He is in doubt whether to regard them as larval 

 forms, or as a distinct species, for which he suggests the pro- 

 visional name of D. crisiatus (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1907, 

 p. 216). Mr, Green's specimens were taken among fallen 

 leaves. 



5. Deltonotus gibbiceps, Bol. 



Poecilotettix gihhiceps, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Eut. France, Ixx, 1902. 



p. 580. 

 Deltonotus gibbiceps, Hancock, Gen. Ins., Orth. Tetrig. 1906, p. 14 ; 



Kirby, Cat. Orth. iii, 1910, p. 7. 



Ochraceous-brown, granulate-rugose. Vertex (viewed from 

 above) obtusely produced before the eyes, carinated in the middle 

 and on the sides ; seen from the side distinctly ascending, with 

 the carina somewhat compressed ; frontal scutellum nearly twice 

 as long as broad. Pronotum acutely tectiform, in front obtusely 

 angulated, behind truncated, middle carina straiglit, somewhat 

 sloping towards the front margin, with lateral carina slightlj^ 

 indicated in front, with a long wrinkle simulating a carina near 

 the shoulder, next to the lateral carina ; the back with a velvety 

 black spot on each side near the middle ; the deflexed lobes 

 beyond the hinder angle slightly produced, forming a rectangular 

 lobe truncated behind. Pront femora with undulating carina, 

 banded with brown ; hind femora with the upper carina minutely 

 granulated, acutely sinuated before the apex ; hind tibiae with the 

 upper margins minutely serrulated and spined, ringed with brown ; 



