LOXILOBUS. 



4S 



with a median carina. Middle carina of pronotum contiuuon?, 

 slightly elevated between the shoulders, lateral carinae reddish 

 brown' Wings and pronotum scarcely extending as far as the 

 tips of the abdominal appendages, and not nearly so far as the 

 ends of the hind femora. Abdomen with a small tooth above 

 before the base of the abdominal appendage ; the latter is denti- 

 culated beneath, and slightly hooked at the extremity. Four 

 anterior femora unarmed, the front ones flatter and shorter than 

 the middle ones ; hind femora rather stout, and truncated at the 

 extremity, with a row of nodules on the outer upper area; hind 

 tibiie serrated above, and with long terminal spines ; pulvilli of 

 hind tarsi indistinct. 



LeiKjth 7^-10 mm ; of pronotum, rU-9 mm. ; hind femur, 

 5-6 mm. 



Ceylon : Pundahioya. 



Frequents grass-lands and swampy places in March and May. 



38. Loxilobus assamus, Hanc. 



Loxilobus assamus, Hancock, Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond. 1907, p. 223. 



Small ; ashy grey or ferruginous, often varied with brown. 

 Vertex narrowed in front, and longitudinally sulcate on each side. 

 Pronotum truncated in front, produced behind to the extremity 

 of the hind femora ; tuberculose on the back, median carina some- 

 what waved, and slightly elevated in front. First and second 

 pulvilli of the first joint of the hind tarsi pointed. Tegmiua long, 

 rounded at the tips; wings rather shorter than the pronotum. 



Dimensions not stated. 



Assam : Cherrapunji. 



Type in the Oxford Museum. 



Group lY. METRODOKINI. 



Keij to the Genera. 



1 (8) Tegmiua and win^,'a present. 



2 (3) J'ronotum with an acute lateral 



spine Lamellitettix, Hanc, 



3 (2) Pronotum with no acute lateral [p. 49- 



spine. 



4 (5) Vertex narrower than half the width 



of the eye Systolederus, Bol., 



.5 (4) Vertex about as broad as the eye. [p. 44. 



6 (7) Body stout, posterior angle of lateral 



lobes of pronotum truncated .... Mazahredia, Bol., p. oO. 



7 (6) Body slender, posterior angle of 



lateral lobes of pronotum rounded. Xistra, BoL, p. 55. 



8 (1) Tegmina and wings absent or rudi- 



mentary. 



9 (12) Jjateral lobes obtusely angulated. 



