24 



ACKYDIIX,!:. 



strong nearly sti*aight yellow spine : the median and lateral carinse 

 often spotted with yellow ; two short subsidiary carinse, one on 

 each side of the median carina, at the base of the pronotum ; 

 behind the level of the lateral spine the pronotum is raised, and 

 there are four strong protuberances on each side, two smaller ones 

 near together just behind the level of the spine ; and two larger 

 ones before the middle ; the pronotum then tapers to the extremity, 

 which is slightly indented ; it extends to about one-fourth of 

 its length beyond the abdomen. Front legs black, tibiae and tarsi 



spotted with yellow ; front femora 

 with two slightly marked teeth 

 above and below, the latter yel- 

 low ; middle legs black, femora 

 scarcely toothed above, but with 

 two strong yellow teeth below ; 

 tibiae and tarsi spotted with yel- 

 low ; hind femoi-a with a varying 

 number of large and small yellow 

 teeth beneath ; hind tibi?e with 

 a wide yellowish hyaline lateral 

 membrane, except at tlie base ; 

 first joint of tarsi with a similar 

 membrane on the whole of its 

 length, forming a long oval ; second joint of tarsi of equal length, 

 yellow, black at base and tip. Tegmina oval, about twice as long 

 as broad, and slightly narrowed towards the extremity ; wings 

 considerably longer than broad, hyaline, with a slight bluish 

 iridescence, brown along the costa, hind margins crenulated. 



2 . The valves longer than the terminal segment of the abdo- 

 men, the upper ones turned upwards and the lower ones tm'ned 

 downwards at the tip ; the upper ones denticulated above, and 

 the lower ones below. 



Length, to end of pronotum, 24-26 mm. ; to end of abdomen, 

 16-17 mm. ; breadth of pronotum from spine to spine, 9 mm. ; 

 length of tegmen, 3 mm.; of hind femur, 9 mm.; expanse of 

 wings, 36-38 ram, ; breadth, 10 mm. 



Bombay : Bombay, Bandra ; United Protinces : Alraora ; 

 Madras : Coimbatore. 



Fig. 23. — Scelimcna harpago. 



13. Scelimena gavialis, Scmss. 



Scchjmena gavialis, Saussure, Ann. Soc. Ent, France, (4) i, 1861, 



p. 465. 

 Scelimena gavialis, Hancock, Spol. Zeyl. ii, 3904, pp. 107, 117, 154, 



pi. i, tig. 4. 

 Scelgmena nodosa, vValker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. v, 1871, p. 840 



(n. syn.). 



Dull black, thickly granulated, the front and lateral mai-gins of 

 the pronotum narrowly edged with red as far as the lateral spines 

 which are of the same colour, and strongly hooked forwards 



