PLACIDITS. 



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pale ochraceous, each with a bioad central piceous-brown fascia, the 

 first containing a central longitudinal line and two small anterior 

 spots pale ochraceous; tegmiua hyaline with a pale ochraceous tint, 

 inner claval area, apical marginal area and a spot near apex of 



Fig. 217. — Myittana dohcrtyi. 



costal margin more or less fuscous : body beneath and legs pale 

 ochraceous ; anterior margin of face exhibiting two dark spots ; 

 scutellum with a moderate transverse impression before apical 

 area and just before this impression tw'o minute tubercles. 



Length 44 millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty). 



Genus PLACIDUS, nov. 



Type, P. hornei, Dist. 



Distribution. N.W. India. 



Vertex longer than broad at base between eyes, somewhat flat, 

 strongly rounded in front of eyes ; ocelli distinct, situate on 

 anterior margin a little in front of eyes, visible both above and 

 beneath ; face considerably longer than broad, its lateral margins 

 sinuate ; clypeus small, narrowing to apex ; cheeks narrow, longer 

 than broad, their lateral margins subangulate, their posterior 

 margins oblique ; pronotum broad, obliquely narrowed from base, 

 anterior margin truncate, posterior margin a little concave 

 before scutellum, the disk arched, the lateral areas deflected on 

 each side ; scutellum large, the apex shortly finely produced, 

 arched, lateral margins a little shorter than basal ; legs robust, 

 femora moderately incrassated, anterior and intermediate legs 

 distinctly spinulose, posterior tibiae long, strongly and longly 

 spinulose; anterior coxse longly spinose; tegmina broad, hyaline, 

 considerably longer than abdomen, apical cells four, costal cell in 

 type with two transverse veins on one tegraen and only one on 



