CEIOTEXTIX. 



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Fig. 31. 



Criotetiix ohscurus. 



Fig. 32. 

 Criotetiix tricarinatiis. 



them as broad as an eye ; face not promi- 

 nent ; antennuB slender, inserted rather below 

 the eyes, vertex tricarinate in front, the 

 middle carina less distinct behind. Pro- 

 notum finely granulated, as long as the 

 wings ; median carina slightly raised be- 

 tween the shoulders, continuous, but very 

 finely undulating ; slight lateral carinsB in 

 front ; lateral spines long, slender, curved 

 forwards. Hind femora rugose ; first joint 

 of hind tarsi with very small pulvilli. 



Length 13 mm. 



Madras : Travancore Coast. 



Tijpe in the Indian Museum. 



24. Criotettix tricarinatus, Bol. 



Criotetti.v tricarinatus, Bolivar, Ann. See. 

 Eat. Belg. xxxi, 1887, pp. 184,223, 224;. 

 Hancock, Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, p. 128, 

 pi. iii, fig. 15. 



Pale grey, more or less varied with 

 brown. V'ertex distinctly narrower than 

 the eye, carinated in the middle, with 

 a raised curved line on each side in front. 

 Pronotura above very obtusely tectiform, 

 with a raised continuous middle carina ; 

 two parallel carinje between the shoulders, 

 obsolete before and behind; hinder pro- 

 cess long, subulate, lateral angles witb a 

 long acute spine. Teginina shortly ovate, 

 with the extremities rounded. Femoral 

 carina^ granulated, not lobate ; hind tibias 

 with a longitudinal brown stripe on the 

 outer side, tibiae ringed with brown ; first 

 joint of hind tarsi with the two basal 

 pulvilli acutely spined at tips. 



S ' Length 12 mm. ; pronotum, 11 mm. ; 

 hind femur, 5 mm. 



5 . Length 13-14"o mm. ; pronotum, 

 12-13*5 mm. ; hind femur, 5-5-6 mm. 



Ceylon : Pundaluoya, Kandy, Kadu- 

 ganawa, Peradeniya (Green). 



25. Criotettix indicus, BoL 



Criotettix indicus, Bolivar, Ann. See. Ent, 

 France, Ixx, 1902, p. 581. 



Eeddish. Vertex slightly narrower than 

 the eye, hardly narrowed in front, the 

 middle (jarina very short, only distinct 



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