200 



C.VTANTOPIN.i:. 



236. Oxya intricata, >StuJ. 



Acridium (Oxi/u) iNfricatiim, Stfil, EuneiiieV ilesa,()rtli. 1800, p. 3:];"). 



Olive-green or yellowish, slightl}^ pubescent, shining. Fas- 

 tigiuui of the vertex obtuse; vertex smooth, sometimes excavated 

 in front of the eyes, shorter than broad ; a darlv brown or brownisli 

 testaceous stripe behind tlie eyes, extending over the pronotum 

 and pectus ; antennae filiform, one-fourth longer than the head 

 and pronotum together. Pronotum thickly punctured, truncated 

 in front and obtusely and roundly aiigulate beliind, with a slight 

 median carina, which is obsolete in front ; two of the transverse 

 sulci well marked. Tegmina ratlier longer than the hind femora, 

 slightly narrowed towards the tips, the costa expanded towards 

 t!ie base ; subhyaline, with brownish nervures, the inner margin 

 sometimes green ; wings brownish hyaline, with brown nervures. 

 Prosternal tubercle conical, pointed. Hind femora rather longer 

 than the abdomen, moderately thickened, testaceous, at least at 

 the tip, with the upper carina entire ; spines of the hind tibia> 

 tipped with black. Male wdth the infra-anal segment triangular, 

 obtuse; female with the last ventral segment smooth, with the 

 hind margin entire, 



Lem/ih 18-35 mm. ; expanse of tegmina, 31-04 mm. 



Ceylox ; China; Malacca; Java, &f. 



Fig. 



117. — Tarlaleus 

 cingalensis. 



Genus TARBALEUS. 



Tarh((/cu\ ]>nuiner, AbL. Senckeub. 

 Ges. xxiv, 1898, p. 234. 



Type, Tarhaleus pilosxis, Brunn., from 

 Gilolo. 



Range. Cejlon, Moluccas. 



Head short, broad, rugose in front ; 

 eyes oblique, oval, closely approximating ; 

 vertex passing into the front, frontal 

 ridge shallowiy sulcate, broader above 

 than below ; antenuse filiform, longer 

 than the head and pronotum. Pronotum 

 short, transverse, witli four transverse sul- 

 cations, truncated before and beliind ; 

 pronotvim and abdomen finely punc- 

 tured. Tegmina and wings absent. 

 Pront and middle legs rather sliort, 

 hind legs long, pilose ; hind tibia; with 

 a variable number of short spines, and 

 with an outer terminal spine. Pro- 

 sternal tubercle short, broad, obtuse, and 

 indented; supra-anal lamina of female 

 large, produced beyond the short 

 ovipositor. 



