TELINGANA. 



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recurved, as viewed from the front less promineutly so, above 

 vi'ith a stroDg central carinatioii, their apices subacute ; posterior 



Fig. 18. — Tdbujana fla vipes. 



process recurved from near base, above tricarinate, the central 

 carinatiou continued through pronotum ; tegmina with the piceous 

 areas coarsely punctate and slightly pilose. 



Length 6| ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 5 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Margherita (Coll. Dist.). Ceylon ,; Kandy, 

 Peradeniya, Nawalapitya (Green). 



Melichar (supra) has included this species as a synonym of 

 Centruchus atricoxis, Kirby, probably from its describer having 

 stated that it might prove to be a variety of that species. The 

 two species are, however, not congeneric. 



B. Lateral pronotal processes almost ohliquely straight. 



2128. Telingana imitator, A7?i;/ (Centrotus),./. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, 

 p. 107 (LS91); Melich. (Leptocentrotus) Hum. Faun. Ceylon, 

 p. 118(1903). 



Indigo-black ; lateral margins of pronotum and sternum, and 

 base of scutellum cretaceously sericeous ; legs pale ochraceous ; 

 tegmina stramineous ; base and about basal half of costal area 

 black ; pronotum thickly finely punctate, the lateral processes 



TeliiKjatiu imitator. 



obliquely straight, a Kttle directed backward ; posterior process 

 curved, considerably shorter tlian tegmina, centrally and laterally 

 carinate above, the central carination continued through pronotum ; 

 scutellum longer than broad, coarsely punctate ; tegmina coarsely 

 punctate on the black area at base and on costal area. 



Length 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 2| millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Pundaluoya (&r<?m). 



