THAGRIA. 315 



Genus THAGRIA. 

 Thfigria, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p, 17G (1903). 



Type, T. fasciata, Melich. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



" Near Jassus. Vertex longish, oval, narrow, attenuated behind 

 and anteriorly, carinate on sides, the surface excavated ; face long, 

 narrow, nearly parallel-sided ; clypeus nearly half as long as face*', 

 spatulate in shape, passing end of cheeks ; rostrum extending to 

 posterior coxae ; pronotum distinctly carinate in middle ; tegmina 

 extending to tip of abdomen, somewhat widened behind and 

 rounded-off, venation as in Jassiis ; from the latter genus Thagria 

 differs strongly by the structui-e of the vertex and the carinate 

 pronotum." (MelicJiar.) 



The scutellum is large and broad, and longer than the pronotum. 



2563. Thagria fasciata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 176, t. iv, 



f. 9 a (1903). 



" Vertex white, its tip, a band between the eyes broken in the 

 middle, and a small spot in the nape, black, at the tip to the vertex 

 are three black spots surrounded by white rings, the lateral points 

 represent the front ends of the lateral carinse of the vertical 

 margin ; face black, in the middle longitudinally wrinkled, on 

 the sides with transverse rows of dots ; clypeus, " xiigel," and a 

 spot on the cheeks black ; antennae pale yellow ; pronotum and 

 scutellum brown, pale yellowishly confiuently punctured ; tegmina 

 brown with numerous yellow to orange dots, and a similarly 

 coloured broad transverse band beyond the middle, which is 

 usually divided into three spots, the mai'ginal spot especially 

 encloses a dark marginal spot or is divided into two marginal spots, 

 apical veins with orange-yellow dots ; wings fuliginous ; underside 

 black, margins of segments bordered with white ; legs yellowish, 

 posterior legs rather darker." (Melichar.) 



" Length $ 6 millim." 



Hab. Ceylon (Jide Melichar). 



2564. Thagria signata, sp. n. 



Body and legs ochraceous ; vertex with a transverse fascia in 

 front of eyes and a spot at apex black ; face near base with a 

 longitudinal marginal black spot on each side, and a minute central 

 black spot at base, the striations on each side a httle darker in 

 hue ; scutellum with a brownish triangular spot on each basal 

 angle ; segmental abdominal margins a little darker ; tegmina pale 

 ochraceous, the veins paler, a transverse series of fuscous-brown 

 spots before apex, the costal spot largest, beyond this transverse 

 series the veins are spotted with fuscous- brown ; wings pale 



* This character requires modification, and is better expressed as more than 

 a third as long as face. 



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