CATA^'TOPS. 



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10 (9) Posterior femora with two or three 



black dots ou the carina close to 

 apex. 



11 (12) Frontal ridge parallel, only slightly 



impressed in the middle mdicus, 15ol., p. 2ol. 



12 (11) Frontal ridge parallel, rather deep- ) /mwn'/ts, Serv., p. 2oO. - — 



ly chanelled in the middle . . . . ] interrupltis, lioi.,* p. 2.j1 . 



13 (8) Metasternal episterna without 



yellow vitta. 



14 (15) Frontal ridge parallel, only im- 



pressed just below the ocellus, 

 scarcely continued to clypeus, 

 faintly punctured fernKjinea, ^N'alk.f 



15 (14) Frontal ridge parallel, impressed 



for its whole length, closely and 



very distinctly punctured innotubilc, Walk.f -^ 



16 (3) Tegmina rather dark fuscous 



browu, especially anteriorly ; 



Avings yellowish fuscous splcndens, Thb., p. 250. ~- 



1 / (2) Ilmd tibiic blue -^ angustulus, Bol.,+ p. 248. 



18 (1) Wings red at the base. 



19 (20) Wings rose-red at the base enihesci-ns, Walk., ji. 253. 



20 (19) Wings scarlet at the base; size 



laraer pidchclhis, A^'alk., p. 252.] 



oOO. Catantops ophthalmicus, Kamy. 



Citfanfops ophtJiulmtciis, Kaiuv, Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-nat. 

 CI. cxvi, 1907, pp. 313, 330" 



Brownish testaceous. Eyes rounded, subcontiguous, the inter- 

 vening space not broader than the antenna). Pronotum slightly 

 constricted behind the middle, with the transverse sulci distinct, 

 the lateral lobes tuncolorous in the female; the lower half pale, 

 A\ith the margins whitish, and varied with black, in the male. 

 Tegmina uniform greyish testaceous, scarcely extending beyond 

 the hind knees. Presternum with the tubercle straight, conical, 

 pointed ; mesosternal lobes rather wide apart, metasternal lobes 

 contiguous. I'ront and middle femora spotted with black ; hind 

 femora testaceous, concolorous, or sufi'nsed with brown, the longi- 

 tudinal carinas varied with black; hind tibia; dull bluish, with 

 bhvck spines. Cerci of the male slender, incurved, tapering 

 towards tlie tip, pointed and not bifid; subgenital lamina of the 

 male sharply boat-shaped, distinctly longer than the cerci. 



Length 19-28 mm. ; pronotum, 4-G mm. ; tegmina, 15-12-5 

 [? 22-5 ] mm. ; hind femur, 11-10 mm. 



N. Ceylo^'. 



r* C. in/i'rruiitus is ;i variety of C. hiiinilis distiiiguislied by the long slender 

 cerci of (he male. 



t Considered to be varieties of hi/vi/Ii.'i by Mr. Kirby (sec p. 250). 

 J These species are possibly identical.] 



