CALLITETTIX. 



Ill 



2270. Rhinastria bicolor, A7r/>//. J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, ii. 160, 

 t. vi, f. 1-2 (1891); Mclich. Honi. Faun. Cei/hn, p. 130, t. iv! 

 f. 4 « (1903). J > I ^ , 



Shining luteous ; anterior cla- 

 val margin, a])ical area (excluding 

 veins), eyes, apices of femora, an- 

 terior tibiiP, apices of intermediate 

 and posterior tibiae, and the tarsi 

 black ; pronotum, scutellura, and 

 the tegmiua very thickl}^ and finely 

 punctate, reticulate veins to apical 

 areas raised and transversely ru- 

 gulose ; pronotum with two mo- 

 derate callosities in front of the 

 transverse impression; scutellum 

 sometimes with a black spot near 

 each basal angle ; face finely 

 transversely striate. 



Length incl. tegm. 10 to 12 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Aniswella {Green, Brit. Mas.), Uvci, Badda- 

 Eliya {fide Melichar). 



Fis;. 84. — Ehinastria hicolor. 



Genus CALLITETTIX. 



Callitettix, Stdl (part.), Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1805, p. 1-52; id. Hem. 

 Afr. iv, p. 55 (1806) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceijlon, p. 129 (1903). 



Type, C. braconoides, Walk. 



Distribution. British India ; Malay Peninsula ; China. 



Body elongate ; vertex of head about as broad as long, trans- 

 versely depressed before apex which is broadly rounded ; ocelli 

 placed rather close together on posterior disk, a little nearer to 

 each other than to eyes ; face compressed, prominent, the posterior 

 angle obtusely acute, the anterior angle rounded ; legs elongate, 

 the anterior femora distinctly longer than the intermediate femora; 

 pronotum elongate, much longer than head, the lateral margins 

 straight, sexangulate, foveate on each side near anterior margin 

 which is straight ; scutellum a little longer than broad ; teo-miua 

 elongate, oblong, moderately ampliated towards apices ; posterior 

 tibiae armed with one spine. 



a. Abdomen above red or luteous. 



2271. Callitettix hraconoides, Walk. (Sphenorhina) List Horn 

 Supj)l. p. 185 (1858). ' 



Callitettix melanochra, Stdl, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865, p. 152- 

 Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 17 (1885). 



