SCAPHOIDEUS. '.ill 



somewhat strongly green ; legs pale greenish- white ; all the claws 

 dark." {Melicliar.) 



" Length c? 2, $ 24 millim." 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Colombo {fide Melicliar). — Tunis 

 {fide Matsiimura). 



2629. Balclutha laevis, Melich. (Gnathodus) Hom. Faun. Ceylon, 

 p. 209 (1903) ; id. Wien. cnt. Zeit. xxiv, p. 304 (1905). 



" A small greenish-yellow or dirty pale green-coloured species 

 without any markings ; vertex broadly rounded, narrow ; pro- 

 notum and scutellum unmarked ; tegmina pale green hyaline with 

 white veins, apices slightly brownish ; underside and legs pale 

 green, claws weakh' bro\\"n." {Melicliar.) 



" Length 6 & 2 '^ to 2^ millim." 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Henaratgoda (^fide Melichar). — East 

 Africa {fide Melicliar). 



Division DEL TO CEPHA L US ARIA . 



Deltocephalini, Van Duzee (part.), Tr. A^n. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 298 



(1892). _ 

 Athysanini, Van Duzee (part.), torn. cit. 



h\ this division the vertex is more or less angularly produced 

 in front of eyes and is as long as or longer than breadth between 

 eyes. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Face much longer than breadth between 



eyes. 



a. Scutellum large, as long as or slightly 



longer than pronotum Scaphoideus, p. 371. 



b. Scutellum small, shorter than pro- 



Dotum AcoxuRA, p. 378. 



B. Face scarcely longer than breadth between 



eyes Deltocephalus, p. 380. 



Geuns SCAPHOIDEUS. 



Scaphoideus, Uhler, Trans. ManjI. Ac. Sci. p. 33 (1888) ; Van Duz. 

 Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 209 (1892) ; Osborn, J. Cine. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist, xix, p. 187 (1900) ; Matsian. Termesz. Fiizetek, xxv, p. 383 

 (1902) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 194 (1903). 



Type, S. immistus, Say, a Nearctic species. 



Distribution. Nearc-tic, Palsearctic, Etbiopian, Oriental, Malayan 

 and Australasian Eegions. 



"Head triangulai% flat above, vertex almost as long as the 

 width between the eyes, subacuminate at tip, the base deeply 



