INDICOPLEUSTES 



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pale bronzy, the base black ; pronotum coarsely punctate, tlie 

 lateral transverse processes grooved above, their apices acute, 

 moderately recurved as seen from behind ; the posterior 

 process tricarinate above, the apical portion slender and some- 

 what testaceous in hue : sciitellum beyond the basal cretaceous 

 area, which is somewhat gibbous and bilobed, thickly punctate ; 

 tegmina with the blaclv basal area coarsely punctate and followed 

 by an obscure paler transverse fascia. 



Length 7 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. Si millim. 



Hah. Bombay (Di.von). 



Genus INDICOPLEUSTES, no v. 



Type, /. cdhomamlatus, Disl. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Pronotum somewhat long, posteriorly truncate, centrally 

 strongly longitudinally cariuate ; lateral transverse processes only 

 of moderate size, upwardly recurved ; the posterior process strongly 

 curved and raised above scutellum but impinging on it near its 

 apex, then narrowed and following the curve of the inner margin of 

 the tegmina of which its apex reaches the inner angle ; scutellum 

 almost fully exposed, nearly as long as broad ; tegmina with the 

 lateral areas inwardly curved (as in Por/on, Buckt.) ; legs simple. 



2133. Indicopleustes albomaculatus, 8p. n. 



Fuscous-brown, somewhat densely sprinkled with small tufts of 

 short pale hairs ; a small spot on each side of base of scutellum 

 and a spot at posterior angle of inner margin and another central 

 spot near end of radial area of tegmina, white ; lateral areas of 

 sternum cretaceously sericeous, abdomen beneath more sparingly 

 so ; lateral transverse pronotal processes somewhat short, broad, 



Fig. 23. — Indkopleusfes ulhomacHlaitts. 



upturned, almost centrally cariuate from about halfway from base, 

 the apex obtusely pointed ; posterior process strongly tricarinate 

 above, impinging on the scutellum at its apex ; tegmina with the 

 two lower apical areas pale fuliginous. 



Length 4| to 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 2^ millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Peradeuiya (&'ree»). 



