182 PYJlGOMOEPHINj;:. 



from the ocelli by a space much narrower than the width of the- 

 antennse; front granulosa ; fastigium of the vertex about as long 

 as the oval eyes, obtusely pointed, and narrowly cavinated in 

 front. Pronotum punctured and spai'ingly granulated, sub- 

 truncated in front, and obtusely angulated behind ; tlie detiexed 

 lobes broader behind, and concave on the hind border, the lower 

 hinder angle rather produced ; head and pronotum with the sides 

 slightly sloping, crenulated bebind the eyes, the crenulation often 

 pale or pink; prosternum with an obtusely rounded tubercle. 

 Tegmina pointed, extending for one-fourth of their length beyond 

 the hind femora; wings pointed, rather shorter than the tegmina, 

 about twice as long as broad, liyaline, with the base and nervures 

 rosy. Abdomen smooth, rosy. Legs long and slender. 



Length lG-26 ram. ; tegmina, 15 20 mm. 



Bengal; Madbas : Trichinopoli. 



217. Atractomorpha scabra, Tlnmb. 



Truxalis scaler, Thunberg, Mem. Acad. P^tersb. v, 1815, p. ^66. 

 Truxalis porreota, Walker, Aim. Ma^-. Nat. Hist. (3) iv, 1859,. 



p. 222. 

 Atractomorpha cunsobrina, Saussure, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (4) i,. 



1861, p. 475. 



Rather smaller and more slender than the last species, with the 

 prosternal tubercle broader and more or less bifid or bidentate ;. 

 the colour is generally brown, tinged with rosy, rarely greenish,, 

 often mottled with blackish ; the tegmina extend for about one- 

 fourth their length beyond the hind femora, and the wings are- 

 iridescent, hyaline, rarely tinged with rosy. 



Length 14-24 mm. ; expanse of tegmina, 40-43 mm. 



Cei'lon. 



218. Atractomorpha psittacina, de Hacm. 



Acrulium {Truxalis) psittacimmi, De Ilaan, Teuinnnck, Verhandel.^ 



Orth. 1S42, p. 140. 

 Acridhan crenulatum, De Ilaan («eo Fabr.), op. cit. 1842, pi. x.xiii^ 



fig-. 2. 



Green or reddish ; antenna) placed mncli before the eyes ; 

 fastigium of the vertex twice as long as broad, snbparalled-sided, 

 obtusely rounded in front ; pronotum rather shorter than the 

 head, nearly smooth, very obtusely angulated behind-, the carinae 

 distinct, lateral lobes with a reddish crenulated line, tlie hinder 

 angle acute ; prosternal tubercle conical, truncated at the tip ; 

 niesosternal lobes approximating behind ; tegmina very long and 

 pointed ; wings hyaline, I'osy towards the base. 



Length 24-30 mm. ; pronotum, 4-5-7'5 mm. ; antennae, 7-5 mm. 

 tegmina, 21-31 mm. ; hind femur, 13-14 mm. 



Assam : Maugaldai ; Chixa ; Java. 



