290 JASSID^. 



paler spots on anterior area; seutellum with four small spots on each 

 side, a central longitudinal line and the apex greyish ; tegmina 

 with the costal area greyish for about half its length, before apex 

 it is hyaline and crossed by t\Ao transverse brown veins ; pronotum. 

 wriukled and obscurely punctate ; seutellum transversely impi'essed 

 before apical area \\hich is transversely wrinkled, the apex smooth ; 

 face centrally smooth, obscurely striate on each lateral area. 



Length iucl. tegm. J and 5 ^ *^o 7 millim. 



Hah. Bengal ; Palamau {Lefroy) ; Calcutta [Ind. Mus.). Ceylon 

 Peradeniya, Kala Oya {Green), Heuaratgoda {fide Melichar). 

 Tenasserim ; Myitta {Dolierty). 



Division 8ELEN0CEPHALARIA. 



Vertex about half as long as breadth between eyes, more or less 

 rounded anteriorly ; ocelli on or near the anterior margin of the 

 vertex, and at or near the eyes. 



Synopsis of Genera, 



A. Vertex with the apical margin trans- 



versely sulcated Selenocephalus, p. 290. 



B. Vertex not apically transversely sulcated, 



the apical margin more or less reflexed 

 and ridged. . 



a. Veins of tegmina very distinct and 



brownly margined, the cellular areas 



very pronounced Paramesus, p. 293. 



b. Veins of tegmina normal. 



a. Face not anteriorly ridged. 

 a'. Claval veins not connected. 



cr. Apical areas of tegmina reticu- 



lately veined Krisna, p. 297. 



b'-^. Apical areas of tegmina not 



reticulately veined Cened^us, p. 296. 



h' . Tw'o transverse veins on basal 

 area of tegmina, one in and the 



other outside claval area .... Megabyzus, p. 294. 

 h. Face with an anterior submarginal 

 transverse ridge : claval veins con- 

 nected by a transverse vein Acropona, p. 300. 



Genus SELENOCEPHALUS. 



Selenocephalus, Germ, in Silb. Rev. Ent. i, p. 180 (1833); Stal, 

 Hem. Afric. iv, p. 108 (1860) ; Fieb. Rev. May. Zool. (3) iii, 

 p. 399 (1875) ; Atkins. J. A. IS. B. liv, p. 105 (1885) ; Melich. 

 Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 109 (1903). 



Type, 8. ohsoletus, Germ., a Palaearctic species. 

 Distribtdion. Palsearctic, Ethiopian and Oriental Eegions ; 

 probably more widely distributed 



