NEPHOTETTIX. 



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Closely allied to iV. Uimnctatus, Fabr., but differs in having the 

 head shorter and more obtuse, anteriorly 'obtusely rounded, and 

 by the inarkinc: of same. Head as broad as the pronotum, but 





Fig. 229. — yephoteUix cipicalis. 



somewhat shorter ; vertex a little longer in the middle than at the 

 eyes, scarcely twice as broad between eyes as long, anteriorly 

 within the margin transversely impressed. 



Length inch tegui. -i to 5 millim. 



Hah. CsiXcwtta. {fide Atkinson) ; Pusa, Dacca (Ze/roy). Ceylon; 

 Colombo {fide Motschoidsky), Pundaluoya, Peradeniya {Green), 

 Henaratgoda, J^egombo, Bandarawella, Putalam {fide Mdichar). — 

 Borneo, Sumatra {fide Atkinson). Philippines {fide Stdl). East 

 Africa {fide Melichar). jN^atal ; Durban {Muiv, Brit. Mus.). 



I only possess male specimens of this species, which agree with 

 the description of Pediopsis nigrornaculatus, 3Iotsch. Melichar 

 seems quite correctly to have ideutitied the P. apicalis, Motsch., as 

 the female form, and that name takes precedence, and eliminating 

 the Selenocephalus cincticeps, Uhler (Japan), from his synonymy I 

 am in agreement with his recognition of the species, which is also 

 the view of Matsumura and Kirby. Kirkaldy {supra, p. 331) has 

 confused the species entirely, as he writes that N. hipunctatm, 

 Fabr., should replace the name apicalis, while T. nigropictus should 

 replace cincticeps, Uhler. 



" One of the small green insects that suddenly appear towards 

 the end of the rains (September usually) in Calcutta. During the 

 few days that they occur they may be found at night in consider- 

 able heaps beneath the lamps in the public streets, and they 

 disappear as abruptly as they oome. jS\ hipunctatus, Fabr., 

 appears at the same time." {Atkinson.) 



This species is never so abundant as JV. hipunctatus in Calcutta, 



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