PARATETTIX. 



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4 (3) 



5 (6) 



6 (5) 



7 (6) 



8 (5) 



9 (10) 



10 (9) 



11 (12) 



ly (11) 



13 (14) 



14 (13) 



Middle carina of pronotiuu 



continuous to front margin. 

 A short raised line on each side 



between the shoulders. 



The short line curved ?* variahUis, Bol., p. 62. 



The short line straight dursifer, Wallc, p. 63. 



No short line between shoulders. 

 jNIiddle carina of pronotum 



strongly marked, distinctly 



arched, not depressed behind . , cingalejisis. Walk., p. 63. 

 Middle carina less strongly 



marked and more or less 



depressed. 

 Carinse of the hind femora 



entire indicus, lioL, p. 64. 



Upper carina of hind femora 



more or less liuely serrated. 

 Femora densely hairy beneath . . hirsutus, Brunn., p. 65. 

 Femora less densely hairy 



beneath suhhirmtus, Brunn., p. 66. 



60. Paratettix balteatus, Wall: 



Tettix balteata, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M., v, 1871, p. 82S. 



Grey. Head [now wanting] small, with 

 the usual looped keel, whitish about the 

 mouth ; eyes very prominent. Pronotum 

 Avith a broad black transverse band above, 

 just before the bind coxae ; this is concave 

 before and behind, and marked with a white 

 spot on each side behind ; the pronotal 

 process tapers, but at the tip is shortly 

 truncated, with a fine spine on each side ; 

 it is also marked with several transverse 

 blackish bands towards the extremity. 

 Tlie wings project considerably beyond the 

 process, and are hyaline, varied with brown, 

 and marked alternately with brown and 

 hyaline on the costa towards the tip. 

 Legs wliitish, with blackish rings and 

 markings ; femora moderately stout, hind 

 femora* and hind tarsi largely rufous. Ab- 

 domen short, white at the extremity, 

 blackish towards the base above and at 

 Fig. 5i.—Pamie(tic the sides. 

 balteatus. 



* [The specimen identified by Mr. Kirby in the British Museum Collection 

 as variabilis has tiie short carina curved, but Bolivar's description does not 

 mention this.] 



t [Owincr to the position of the hind femora the raised nodosities are not 

 shown in the figure. Examination of additional material indicates that the 

 species should be referred to the genus Ergatettix (p. 69).] 



