206 



CATANTOPIN^. 



Genus CERCINA. 



Cerchm, StfJ, Bill. Svensk. Akad. Ilaudl. v (4), 1878, pp. 49, 97. 



Cheeks and front sparingly punctured ; pronotum more thickly, 

 especially above. Anteunse short and thick, rather shorter than 

 the pronotum, with short joints; costal ridge slightly sulcated, 

 -with parallel sides, and narrowed towards the base ; fastigium 

 transverse, obtuse, nearly horizontal ; space between the eyes 

 tM'ice as broad as the frontal ridge ; eyes slightly convex. Pro- 

 notum pubescent on the back, truncated before and behind, with 

 the median carina represented by a small line. Tegmina rudi- 

 mentary, narrow, lateral, extending rather beyoud the median 

 segment, about twice as long as broad, and more rounded on the 

 outer than on the inner border. Hind femora about as long as 

 the abdomen, the dorsal carina terminating in a very small obtuse 

 tooth, genicular lobes pointed, triangular ; hind tibiae with seven 

 spines on the outer margin besides the obsolete apical spine. 



Prosternal tubercle rather prominent ; 

 metasternal lobes very slightly sepa- 

 rated ; genital valves with the edges 

 denticulated. 



245. Cercina obtusa, Sial. 



Cercina ohtusa, Stfil, Bih. Svensk. 

 Akad. Ilandl. v (4), 1^78, pp. 49, 



Olivaceous, shining, slightly pilose, 

 with a darker band extending beliind 

 the eyes across the lateral lobes of 

 the pronotum ; hind tibite testaceous, 

 Mitlj black-tipped spines. 



Lengtli 20 mm. 



Ceylox. 



Tti2:ie \\\ the collection of Brunner 

 von Wattenwvl. 



Fig. 120. — Cercina ohlitsa. 



Genus CASTETRIA. 

 Castetria, Bolivar, Ami. See. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, p. 614. 

 Type, Castetria dispar, Bol. 



Hanf/e. S. India. 



Fastigium of the vertex obtuse, obtusely and roundly angulate 

 in front, carinated above in the middle, the margins slightly 

 compressed, but rounded and punctured ; front oblique, the 

 frontal ridge smooth or slightly sulcated, contiiiuous to the 

 extremity of the clypeus ; antenna) short. Pronotum angulated 



