XESTOCEPHALUS. 



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2604. XestOCephalus gllttatus, Motsch. (Deltocephalus) tttud. Ent. 

 lt;5*J, p. 113; Matsum. (Xestocephalus) Tennesz. Filzetek, xxv, 

 p. 403 (1902) ; Melich. Horn. Fmm. Ceylon, p. 206, t. v, f, 12, 

 a, b (1903) ; id. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 303 (190o). 



" A small species similar to the European Deltocephalus pulicarius. 

 Body yellowish-brown, the whole surface strewn with pale round 

 or lougish dots ; vertex as long as breadth between the eyes ; front 



Fig. 221. — Xestocephalus guttatus. 



broader, obtusely rounded, strongly arched, with numerous small 

 pale spots ; face arched, shining brownish-yellow, very irregularly 

 marked with pale suffused spots, sometimes unicolorous ; pronotum 

 as long as vertex, with two transverse series of pale dots and 

 between which on each side of the front margin is a dark almost 

 quadrangular marginal spot ; scutellum with a black triangular spot 

 in the basal angles and between them similar pale dots ; tegmina 

 short, oval, hyaline, with brown veins between which are numerous 

 longish or short oval pale spots thickly crowded together, so that 

 in places they coalesce, the ground-colour also forms in many 

 places, especially in the the apical area and on the terminal veins, 

 longish spots ; wings dirty-white with pale yellowish veins ; pectus 

 and abdomen black, the abdominal segments extremely narrowly 

 margined with yellow; legs brownish-yellow, unspotted." {Meh- 

 char. ) 



"Length J & 2 2 millim." 



Hab. Ceylon; Henaratgoda (Jide Mellchar), Colombo (Jide 

 MotscJwulsJci/).—Jsii^an (Jide Maisumura). East Africa {fide 

 Melichar). . , 



I have not seen tliis species and reproduce Melichar s 

 description and figure. Motschoulsky's description is inadequate. 



2605. Xestocephalus apicalis, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 207 

 (1903). 



"Twice the size of X r/uttrttns; body, as well as vertex, pro- 

 notum and scutellum brownish-yellow, shining, not pale spotted : 

 face rather paler, unmarked ; tegmina brownish-yellow, with shad.v 

 greyish-brown markings which seem to indicate the structure ot 

 ocelli, the apical point dark brown as far as the transverse veins 



