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JASSID-E. 



2549. Gessius verticalis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and le^s shining pale 

 ochraceous : scutellum with three large darker spots, one central ' 

 and one at each basal angle ; tegmina pale ochraceous, the claval 

 area t'uscescent, this colour longitudinally continued to apex of 

 tegmina ; vertex finely transversely striate with a faint central 





Fig. 192. — Gessius verticalis. 



longitudinal line; ocelli purplish-red; pronotum finely transversely 

 striate, foveately depressed on each side behind eyes ; tegmina 

 with a minute black spot on middle of basal margin, clavus longi- 

 tudinally coarsely punctate, face obscurely transversely striate on 

 each lateral area. 



Length incl. tegm. $ 11 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty). 



Genus TARTESSUS. 



Tartessus, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1865, p. 166 ; Sign. Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 347 ; Spcmyb. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1877, no. 0, 

 p. 3. 



Type, T. fermgineus. Walk . 



Distrihution. Eastern British India ; Malay Peninsula and Archi- 

 pelago. 



Body obloug ; vertex broad, short, in front of eyes strongly 

 augularly-roundly produced, shorter or narrower at apex ; head 

 beneath strongly reclinate, face moderately flattened, a little nar- 

 rowed posteriorly ; eyes large, oblique ; ocelli placed on margin of 

 vertex near eyes ; pronotum large, anteriorly very strongly, roundly, 



