84 CERCOPID^. 



2228. Macliaerota planitiae, sp. n. 



Body above pale ta\vn\^-brown ; a spot at apex of vertex and 

 three longitudiual augulated series of small dots ou each side of 

 pronotum, the outermost of \\hich is marginal, black ; a central 

 carination and the posterior lateral margins to pronotum ochra- 

 ceous ; basal lateral margins and a central carination to scutellum 

 ochraceous, its apical area and posterior spine castaneous, the 

 latter with an elongate ochraceous spot at base : abdomen above 

 pale ochraceous, laterally and apically black ; face centrally lon- 

 gitudinally black, the lateral striations castaneous ; body beneath 

 and legs brownish-ochraceous, posterior tibia? (excluding bases and 

 apices) stramineous ; tegmina subh3^aline, talc-like, when closed 

 the basal two-thirds reflecting the dark body beneath, most of the 

 veins finely spotted with fuscous, the subapical margin more 

 prominently fuscous ; pronotum palely pilose, which partly hides 

 the coarse punctures beneath ; scutellar spine about reaching apex 

 of tegmina, but longly passing apex of abdomen, elevated and 

 strongly curved downward ; the scutellum thickly punctate. 



Length excl. tegm. 7 millim. 



Hah. Bengal; Pusa, Eajputtee, Muzaffarpur (if//'oy). Bombay 

 Province ; Igatpuri {Lefroy). 



Genus MACH^ROPSIS. 



Machseropsis, Mdich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 137 (1903). 



Type, ill. valida, Melich. 

 Distribution. Ceylon. 



Head broad and short, about half the medial length of pro- 

 notum, the apex laterally and transversely incised for the reception 

 of base of face ; ocelli placed behind this restricted area and much 

 nearer to each other than to eyes ; face globose, transversely 

 striate ; pronotum convex, anteriorly reclined, very strongly angu- 

 larly excavate before scutellum, anteriorly convexly rounded, 

 anterior lateral margins short and slightly projecting ; scutellum 

 very large and long, centrally ovately foveate, beyond ^\•hich it 

 terminates in a prominent robust spine ; tegmina talc-like, sub- 

 hyaline, the veins very prominent and robust, the central margin 

 arched from a little beyond base, three apical and three discoidal 

 areas, claval area containing three distinct cells, costal area 

 moderately broad and excavate ; wings hyaline, anal area broad 

 with a central vein not reaching its apex, its outer vein furcate at 

 apex; legs moderate, posterior tibiae with a central spine; abdomen 

 short, robust, compressed. 



2229. Machaeropsis valida, Melick. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 138, t. iv, 



f. 19, a, b, c (1903). 



Body and legs ferruginous-brown, more or less shaded with 



