ELTCOPTACRA. 



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obtuse, not sulcated, expanded between the antennae, bounded 

 by distinct parallel cariiue, cheeks with a well-marked carina 

 below the eyes ; autenuse filiform, contracted at the base, hardly 

 longer than the head and pronotura together. Pronotum nar- 

 rowed in front, rather convex, truncated at the extremity, forming 

 an obtuse angle rounded otf at the tip, median carina continuous, 

 not interrupted by the sulci, the fii'st and second of which extend 

 far into the lateral lobes, and the third is wholly dorsal. Tegmina 

 extending beyond the hind femora, subparallel-sided, truncated at 

 the tips ; beyond the middle subhyaline with oblique obsolete 

 transverse dusky markings ; wings pale brownish hyaline, greenish 

 towards the base, and clouded at the tip. Hind femora extending 

 beyond the abdomen, with a black spot before the tip on the 

 upper inner area, the lower outer area brown, tlie carina marked 

 with dark brown, the inner surface of the hind femora and the 

 hind tibiae and tarsi red, with the spines tipped with black. 



Length 23 mm. ; expanse of tegmina, 47 mm. 



Bombay : Bandra ; Madras : Madura ; Burbia : Bhamo ; 

 Tenasserim : Mali^^on ; China. 



291. Eucoptacra ceylonica, sp. nov. 



Light brown. Antennae filiform, rather longer than tlie head 

 and pronotum together; frontal ridge hardly sulcated, expanded 

 between the antennae, thickly punc- 

 tured, the carina well marked, as also 

 the lateral carinae comraencins between 

 the antennae and the eyes. Pronotum 

 rugosely punctate, the three sulci 

 slightly marked, but distinct, and the 

 hindmost placed about the middlt-; 

 hinder extremity almost rectangular. 

 Tegmina long, ratlier narrow, obtusely 

 truncated at the extremity, light brown, 

 with indistinct dusky transverse mark- 

 ings ; wings hyaline yellow. Hind femora 

 greyish brown, uith hro«-n spots above, 

 the most distinct being before the tip, 

 and separated by an oblique yellowish 

 space on the upper inner area ; inner 

 and lower surface, as well as the hind 

 tibiae and tarsi red ; 10-11 b'ack-tipped 

 tibial spines. 



Length 27-30 mm. ; expanse of teg- 

 mina, 48-50 mm. 



Fig. 131. — Eucoptacra 

 cc)/Ionica. 



Ceylon. 



Type in the British Museum. 



