54 



MEMBBACID.^. 



narrow, slender, ^itli tlie apices more acute ; posterior process 

 short, robust, raised, centrally and laterally cariuate, the central 

 carinatioii obscurely continued on pronotum, scarcely elevated 



Fig. 4G. — T riven fr us gibbosulus. 



above scutelhun, the apex not quite reaching posterior angle 

 of inner margin of tegmiua. 



Length 4| to 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. '2h to 3 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Margherita. Calcutta. Eanchi {Irvine). 



2179. Tricentrus congestus, Walk. (Ceutrotus) Ins. Saioul, Horn. 

 p. 79 (1858); Atkins. (Centrotus ?) /. A. 8. B. Iv, p. 197 

 (1886). 



Head, pronotum, body beneath and legs piceous, thickly oehra- 

 ceously pilose; apices of the femora and the whole of the tibiae 

 and tarsi more or less testaceous ; tegmina pale bronzy-broM n, 



Fig. 47. — Trircnints coiigcsius. 



the base a little darker and more opaque ; lateral pronotal pro- 

 cesses as seen from above some^^■hat long, only moderately broad, 

 obliquely ascendant, obscurely carinate behind middle, their apices 

 subobliquely truncate, as viewed in front much narro\\er, their 

 apices subacute ; posterior process short, robust, raised, centrally 

 and laterally carinate, the central carination obscurely continued 

 tln'ough pronotum. 



Length 4| to 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 millim. 



llab. Pussumbing, Darjeeling {Mann, Ind. Mus.). Calcutta. 

 Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doliertij). 



As shown in the above figure, there is a tendency in this species 

 to exhibit transverse veins towards the apical area ; this character, 

 however, is neither constant nor uniform and cannot be considered 

 of generic signification. 



