112 



cercopid.t:. 



Luteous or pale sanguineous ; apical tliird of tegmiua, apices 



of anterior femora, anterior and 

 intermediate tibite (excluding 

 bases), apices of |)osterior tibiae, 

 and the tarsi black ; wings 

 viuaceous ; above A'ery thickly and 

 finely punctate ; face transversely 

 striate, centrally longitudinally 

 ridged. 



Length excl. tegm. 8 ; exp. tegm. 

 20 to 24 millim. 



Hah. iSikbim (fide AtJanson). 

 Burma {Brit. Mus.) ; Bhauio (Coll. 

 Dist.). 



The type of Walker's hraconoides 



Fig. 85. — CalUtdti.r hracoiwkh 



is here figured. 



2272. Callitettix contigua. Walk. (Splienorhina^ List Horn, ill, p. 695 

 (IS.-)!) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 114 (1885). 

 Sphenorhina intprmedia, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 695 (1851) ; 

 Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 114 (1885). 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, face, and sternum black ; abdomen 

 above sanguineous, anal segment and legs fuscous-brown ; abdo- 

 men beneath fuscous-brown, the base sanguineous : tegmina very 

 dark umber-brown, a transverse fascia formed by two spots a little 

 beyond base ochraceous, their margins sanguineous ; a large spot 

 at about one-third from apex, commencing on costal margin and 

 not quite reaching middle of tegmina, and a small spot beneath it 

 near inner margin, testaceous ; wings pale hyaline. 



Var. intermedia, Walk. — Tegmina with the two basal spots more 

 continuous and pale ochraceous, the second smaller subapical 

 testaceous spot obliterated. 



Length excl. tegm. 7 ; exp. tegm. 17 to 10 millim. 



Hah. " N. India " {Brit. Mvs.) ; Simla {Bnt. Mus.) ; Mussoorie 

 {Lefroy). 



2273. Callitettix proxima, Walk. (Sphenorhina) List Horn, iii, p. 695 

 (1851) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. Uv, p. 114 (1885). 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs black; base 

 of abdomen beneath, posterior coxaj, and abdomen above (ex- 

 cluding apex) ochraceous ; tegmina dark umber-brown, a transverse 

 fascia a little beyond base, and a broken narrow- fascia near apical 

 area, stramineous; wings pale hyaline; posterior tibia? with a 

 strong spine beyond middle. 



Length excl. tegm. 7 ; exp. tegm. 14 millim. 



Hah. " N. India "' {Brit. Mus.). 



