SASTEAGALA. 



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metasternum, lateral margins and apical segment to abdomen 

 stramineous ; abdominal spines and sternal spots black, tibiae 

 piceous ; basal joint of antennae slightly passing apex of head, 

 second joint about as long as fourth, a little longer than third ; 

 head more or less transversely wrinkled, punctate at base and 

 before inner marsfins of eyes; prouotuni strongly coarsely 



margins 



Fig. 273. — Protophantasta furficuloides. 



punctate except on anterior area and on the stramineous markings ; 

 scutellum rugulose, the stramineous markings levigate ; abdominal 

 apical spines as long as posterior femora; rostrum reaching the 

 posterior coxae. 



Length excl. abdom. spines 6| ; exp. pronotal angles 4 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; N. C. Provinces {Green). 



Genus SASTRAGALA. (Vol. I, p. 318.) 



2743. Sastragala smaragdina, Dist. A. M. 3'. H. (7) xi, p. 72 



(1903;. 



Very pale greenish ; central lobe and margins of head, the 

 transverse foveas near anterior margin of prouotum, corium, legs 

 above, and abdominal margins more olivaceous-green ; lateral 

 angles of the pronotum spinously produced, black, and from a line 

 drawn between them to base the surface is thickh^ coarsely 

 punctate, the punctures castaneous ; scutellum with a large 

 discal levigate ochraceous spot, remaining surface coarsely darkly 

 punctate, apex levigate ; corium with a black spot at inner angle 

 and a lunate black fascia near outer apical margin ; connexivum 

 pale greenish, with the extreme apices of the segmental spines 

 black ; posterior margin of sixth segment black. 



