52 ACEYDIIXiE. 



47. Mazarredia convergens, Bru 



nn. 



Mazarredia convergens, Brunuer, Ann. Mas. Genova, xxxiii, 1893, 

 p. 107, pi. y, fig. 40. 



Colour varied \\ ith dark brown. Vertex scarcely broader than 

 the eye, with the lateral lobes much lower than the eye ; anteunte 

 inserted nearly between the eyes ; ocelli placed midway between 

 the eyes ; frontal carina slightly sinuated at the ocelli ; two 

 terminal joints of palpi yellow. Pronotum with the front marginal 

 carina? distinctly converging behind, the disc nearly smooth, with 

 longitudinal wrinkles, but without tubercles, the median carina 

 slightly interrupted between the shoulders ; hinder angle of the 

 lateral lobes truncated at the tip ; humeral sinus rather acute. 

 Tegraina of usual form. None of the femoral carinse undulated. 



Lenr/tJi, body, 11-7-14-5 mm. ; pronotum, 13-15 mm. ; hind 

 femur, 6*8-8"2 mm. 



Burma : Karen Hills ; Tex asserim. 



48. Mazarredia insularis, BoJ. 



Mazcrredia insularis, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxi, 1887, 

 pp. 237, 239 ; Hancock, Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, pp. 108, 138, lo5, 

 pi. ii, fig. 7. 



Body moderately slender, ferruginous brown. Eyes globose, 

 rather prominent, higher than the vertex, which is rather broader 

 than one of the eyes ; antennae slender ; face rather oblique. 

 Pronotum rugose, slightly raised in fi'ont, the median line with 

 a concavity behind the shoulders, and then distinctly crenulated ; 

 hinder part of pronotum tricarinated, pointed, and extending con- 

 siderably beyond the abdomen and hind femora ; lateral angles 

 pale, somewhat laminate, rectangularly pointed at the extremity. 

 Tegmina oval ; wings as long as the pronotum. Hind femora with 

 the outer surface scabrous, the upper area with large rounded 

 tubercles, the disc ^ith strong oblique Mrinkles ; front tarsi black, 

 orange in the middle; hind tibiae denticulated on the upper 

 surface ; the pulvilli of the first joint of the hind tarsi small. 



Length, body, 9-12 mm.; pronotum, 9-11 mm.; hind femur, 

 4*5-6 mm. 



Ceylon : Pundaluoya. Hantanna, Peradeniya. 



Collected " from stems of Grevillea tree in May ; a male from 

 Hantanna was taken in March. Mr. Green remarks that the 

 living insects are often coloured like and harmonize with the 

 natural lichens and mosses, being very inconspicuous "'* {Hancocl). 



49. Mazarredia cristulata, Bol. 



Mazarredia cristulata, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, 

 p. 584. 



Greyish brown. Head not raised ; eyes prominent ; vertex 

 rather broader than the eye, not narrowed in front, and hardly 



