CLOVIA. 



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apical area of the tegmina subhyaline and crossed by two 



irregularly bent oblique tawny 

 fasciae, the subapical margin of 

 the same colour, a black spot at 

 posterior angle of inner margin ; 

 head as long as medial length 

 of pronotum. 



To be distinguished from the 

 preceding species by the greater 

 lengtli of the head and the 

 different markings to the apical 

 area of the tegmina. 



Lenixth 6 to 8 millini. 



Hab. Beugal ; Pusa (/^(?/ro7/). 

 CnicnXt^ {Anuandale). Ceylon ; 

 Pundaluoya {Green). 



Fig. 73. — Clovia hijmnctata. 



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2245. Clovia lineaticollis, Motsch. (Aphrophora) Etud. Ent. p. 

 (1859); Melich. (Ulovia) Horn. Eaun. Ceylon, p. 135 (1903, 

 Clovia perstrigata, Kirhj, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 162 (1891). 



Ab'ove chestnut-brown, thickly shortly finely pilose, with fine 

 slender longitudinal ochraceous fasciae between the eyes and an 



outer one on each side interrupted by 

 the eyes, continued posteriorly through 

 the pronotum, scutellum, and basal area 

 of the tegmina ; tegmina with the base 

 of costal margin, a large costal spot 

 before middle, the veins, and two longi- 

 tudinal fasciae on apical area (one costal, 

 the other central) ochraceous ; a large 

 oblique subapical pale ochraceous or 

 subhyaline spot commencing on costal 

 margin and joining the inner apical 

 fascia ; body beneath and legs pale 

 ochraceous ; lateral margins of face and 

 presternum, a large spot occupying 

 central base of face and disk of prosteruum, stripes (variable) to 

 legs and tarsal claws, dark castaneous or piceous ; head about as 

 long as medial length of pronotum ; tegmina about t\\"0 and a half 

 times as long as broad. 

 Length lO millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Pundaluoya, Kandy (6fr em), Gamaduwa,Patipolla, 

 AVeligama {fide Melicliar). 



Fig. 74. 

 Clovia lineaticollis. 



2246. Clovia margheritae, sp. n. 



Marked above generally as in C. UneaticoJlis, but darker and the 

 longitudinal fasciae more pronounced ; tegmina \\ ith the outer 



