246 CAa'.vyxopiN'.i;. 



tliree yellowish longitudinal lines, one on the median carina, and 

 the lateral ones borderhiga broad black stripe that runs along the 

 sides of the abdomen nearly to the tip. Tegmina black, bordered 

 within with green, oval, lateral, extending as far as the third 

 segment of the abdomen. Legs green, the front and middle tibise 

 and tarsi blackish ; hind femoi'a red towards the extremity, m ith 

 the knees black; hind tibia? green, with an ivory A^hite spot at 

 the base, bordered before and behind with black. 



Lcngtli 23 mm. ; tegmina, 5 mm. 



Assam : C'achar. 



Tyjic in the British Museum. 



Genus CATANTOPS. 

 Catantops, Schaum, Bericlit. Akad. Berlin, 1863, p. 779. 

 Type, Catantops melanost ictus, Schaum. 



Range. Africa, Oriental and Austrahan Regions. 



Head considerably produced between the antenna?, vertex 

 gradnally sloping into the frontal ridge, which is nearly parallel - 

 sided, and hardly sulcated, face oblique ; eyes oval, oblique, 

 approximating above ; antennae filiform. Pronotum cariuated in 

 the middle, the sulci rather indistinct, the hindmost placed about 

 the middle, the hind border obtusely angulated. Prosternal tubercle 

 stout, obtuse ; mesosternal lobes transverse, metasternal lol:>es 

 contiguoiis. Tegmina and wings usually \^"ell developed. Hind 

 femora moderately thickened, serrated above, often with black 

 markings. 



Keji to the Species * 



[1 (18) Wiug'.s iniifuim j-ellowish tes- 

 taceous. 



2 (17) Hind tibi;e red or testaceous. 



•" (16) Teomina lioht brown or yellowisli. 



4 (7) Hind femora with two dark brown ^^ 



oblique fascife on the outer side, 

 extending from the upper part 

 to the lower carina. 



o (6) Pronotum dark brown, with a dis- 

 tinct yellow vitta on each side, 

 extending foi-wavds to the eyes. . doini/ians, Walk., p. 248. 



6 {•")) Pronotum light hrown, with ill- 



detined yellowish vitta on each 



side acuticercvs, Bob, p. 248. 



7 (4) Hind femora with the dark fascite 



confined to the upper part. 



8 (13) Metasternal episterna with a dis- 



tinct oblique yellowish vitta. 



9 (10) Posterior femora Avitli a row of 



black dots on the lower otiter 



carina for the whole length .... lairniji, Kirhy, p. 251. 



* ('. coiisiJiriiins and punjuU are known only from descriptions which do 

 not give sufficient data to enable them to be located in this key. 



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