KRISNA. 29r 



foveations on basal area, not extending beyond the transverse 

 impression. 



Length 5 millim. 



Hah. Bombay {Biro — Mus. Hoiu/rois). 



Dr. Horyath of Budapest kindly submitted a specimen of this 

 distinct species for determination. 



Genus KRISNA. 



Siva, Spin. Mem. di Matem. e di Fis. Soc. Ital. Modena, p. 167 

 (1852) ; St&l, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 112 (1866); Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 Fr. 1880, p. 197 ; Atkiyis. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 107 (1885) ; Melich. 

 Horn. Farm. Ceylon, p. 167 (1903), nom. pr;eocc. 



Krisna, Kirl<. Entomologist, xxxiii, p. 243 (1900), n. nom. 



Eogypona, Kirk. Entomologist, xxxiv, p. 38 (1901). 



Type, K. strlfjicollis, Spin. 



Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Eegions. 



Body very oblong, somewhat depressed, above slightly convex ; 

 vertex narrower than the pronotum, short, rounded anteriorly 

 or obtusely subangularly rounded, anterior margin somewhat acute 

 but not foliaceous, vertex horizontal, flat, about twice as broad as 

 the eyes ; face dilated, frons and clypeus somewhat flat ; frons 

 longer than broad ; clypeus spatuliform ; geuse broad with the 

 angle more or less angular and more or less emargiuate ; ocelli 

 placed at the eyes on the anterior margin of the head ; pronotum 

 transverse, anteriorly narrowed, twice as broad as long, slightly 

 rounded at anterior margin, almost straight before the scutelluni, 

 lateral margins acute ; scutellum triangular, a little broader than 

 long ; tegmiua barely extending beyond the abdominal apex, 

 apically narrow, irregularly veined ; legs moderate, posterior 

 femora compressed, posterior tibise very spinose. (Atkinson.) 



In the description of this genus I have followed Atkinson, who 

 has extracted the principal characters given by the above 

 mentioned writers. 



2545. Krisna strigicollis, S/mi. (Siva) Mem. di Matem. e di Fis. Soc. 



Ital. Modena, p. 167 (1852) ; Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, 



p. 198, t. vi, f. 64 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 108 (1885) ; 



Kirk. (Krisna) Entomologist, xxxiii, p. 243 (1900). 

 Acocephalus stramineus, JValk. List Horn, iii, p. 847 (1851) ; 



Sign. A7VI. Soc. Ent.' Fr. 1879, p. 88; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, 



p."l02 (1885). 

 Bythoscopus testaceus, Walk. J. Limi. Soc, Zool. i, p. 173 (1857). 

 Bytlioscopus iudicatus, Walk. List Horn.., Suppl. p. 266 (1858). 

 Selenocephalus costalis, Stdl, Freg. Eiig. JResa, Lis. p. 290 (1859) ; 



id. (Siva) Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1864, p. 66 ; id. Of v. Vet.-Ak. 



Fork. 1870, p. 736. 



Pale ochraceous, sometimes with a slight virescent tint ; two 



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