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ACKYDIIX.^. 



Fig. 25. — SccUmena 

 logani. 



Front and middle femora with two strong 

 yellow teetli, liind femora witli four to six: 

 hind tibiae and first joint of tarsi rather 

 more strongly laminated than in S. gavialis. 

 Tegmina oval, obtusely pointed ; wings 

 about as long as prouotum. Anal appen- 

 dages blackish, with pale stripes beneath, 

 shorter than in 8. gavialis. 



Length, to end of pronotum, 22-26 mm. ; 

 to end of abdomen, 8-9 mm. ; breadth of 

 pronotum from spine to spine, 8-10 mm.; 

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

 8-9 mm. 



Ceylon : Kandy, Haragana, Punda- 

 luoya. 



Ty2}e in the Chicago Museum. 



Habits similar to those of S. (javialis. 



15. Scelimena uncinata, Serv. 



Tetri.c uncinata, Serville, lus. Orth. 1839, p. 763. 



Scelimena uncinata, Bolivtir, Ami. Soc, Ent. Belg. xxxi, 1887, 



pp. 216, 218. 

 Scelymena contracta, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. y, 1871, p. 841 



(u. syn.). 



Dull black, shape very short and broad. Pronotum hardly 

 extending beyond the hind femora, with the middle carina very 

 strongly marked, and the lateral carina? 

 complete, undulating, and strongly curved 

 -^^ ;- inwards and tlien forwards in front ; surface 



' ■ , , with 3 or 4 elevations on each side of 



the median carina ; lateral front margin of 

 pronotum denticulated, with a projecting 

 angle in front, and a rectangular outer 

 tooth, slightly curved downwards. Wings 

 blackish, rather shorter than the pronotum. 

 Tarsi yellowish at base ; intermediate femora 

 with two or three yellowish teeth ; hind 

 femora with 4 yellow hooked ones ; hind 

 tibiae and first joint of tarsi with mode- 

 rately broad lamina?. Antennae short, black. 

 Anal appendages yellow. 



Length, to end of pronotum, 11 mm. ; 

 to end of abdomen, 10 mm. ; breadth, 

 5 mm. ; length of hind femur, 7 mm. 

 Bombay. 



The description given above is taken 

 partly from Serville, and partly from Walker's type of S. 

 contracta, a much damaged and discoloured specimen. 



Fig. 26. 

 Scelimena uncinata. 



