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corpoie triplo longiores. Prothorax transversus, antice anguslior, lateribus 

 subrouindalis. Cerci abdomine breviores. Pedes anteriores breves, robusli. 

 Pedes postici sat longi ; tibiis quadiispinosis. Alae aiuicae sat angiistae, 

 apices versus veticulatae, abdomen superantes. Alse poslicae longiores. 



Male. Body fusiform, tomentose. Head as brnad as the fore border 

 of the prothorax, prominent between the sockets of the antenna3. Eyes 

 small, slightly elongated, narrowest in front. Ocelli approximate, the 

 middle one in advance of the others. Third joint of the maxilliiry palpi 

 slightly securiform, longer than the second. Antenna; very slender, about 

 thrice the length of the body. Prothorax broader than long, narrower in 

 front, directly decumbent beyond the ridges; sides slightly rounded. Cerci 

 shorter than the abdomen. Anterior legs short, stout. Hind legs mode- 

 rately long; tibifB with four slender spines on each side; tarsi of the usual 

 form. Fore wings rather narrow, extending somewhat beyond the abdo- 

 men, irregularly reticulated beyond the tympanum ; subcostal space broad, 

 reticulated towards the base, where the oblique veins are most slanting. 

 Hind wings extending rather beyond the fore wings. 



The tympanum is smaller than that of the two preceding genera, and 

 the vein across the middle of it is forked. 



1. Madasumma ventealis. 



Mas. Fulva^ flavo bivittala ; ocelli Intel ; antenna: ferruginece ; femora 

 postica strigas obliquis obscurioribus ; alee anticee pallide cinerece^ 

 testaceo venosce. 



Male. Tawny, with two yellow stripes which extend from the hind 

 borders of the eyes along the keels of the prothorax and of the fore wings 

 as far as the tympanum. Eyes piceous. Ocelli luteous. Antenna ferru- 

 ginous. Hind femora with oblique darker streaks on the outer side. Fore 

 wings pale cinereous ; veins testaceous ; subcostal space pellucid. Length 

 of the body 7^ lines. 



a. North Hindoslan. From Capt. Keid's collection. 



rr. Prothorax much broader than the head. 

 Genus 21. LOBEDA. 



Mas. Corpus planum, nitens,subovale. Caput parvum. Oculi parvi, 

 siibprominuli. Palporum articulus 3us subsecuriformis. Antennae gvacil- 

 liniae, cor|)ore triplo longiores. Prothorax antice angustus, poslice latus, 

 margine postico convexo. Cerci gracillimi, brevissinii. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibicB posticse utrinque trispinosa;. Alae auticae latiusculae, abdominis api- 

 cem atlingentes, perparum reticulatae, tympano non intersecto, vena medi- 

 astinali subarcuala, spatio subcostal! angusto venis obliquis nullis. Alae 

 poslicae nulla; ? 



Male. Body depressed, shining, nearly oval. Head very small, about 

 one-third of the breadth of the hind part of the prothorax, not prominent 

 in front. Eyes small, slightly prominent. Third joint of the maxillary 

 palpi slightly securiform. Antennae very slender, about thrice the length 

 of the body. Prothorax not broader than long, much narrower in front, 

 its fore border about one-third of the breadth of its hind border, which is 



