50 APPENDIX. — JASSID.E. 



margin as long; face elongate, about twice as long as broad, 

 its lateral areas faintly transversely carinate : pronotuin thickly 

 and veiy finely granulate, about as long as scutellum. 



Length incl. tegm. Ik niillim. 



Hah. Travancore. 



Genus ^TERNUS, nov. 



Type, JE. hierogh/phicus, Dist. 



Distribution. Tenasseriiu. 



Vertex short, broad, rounded in front, much sliorter than 

 breadth between eyes, the anterior mnrgin in line with the outer 

 margins of eyes, which are large, obliquely directed backwardly 

 over the lateral angles of the pronotuin ; face elongate, nearly 

 twice longer than broad, moderately narrowed to clypeus; pro- 

 notum short, nearly three times broader than long, the posterior 

 margin truncate, the anterior margin convex between the eyes, 

 the lateral margins a little subconvexly ampliated ; scutellum 

 about half as long as broad at base, the lateral margins roundly 

 sinuate, the apex subacute, transversely impressed near middle; 

 tegmina about four times longer than broad, costal and apical 

 margins a little rounded, four distinct apical cells. 



Allied to Kunasia, Dist. (vol. iv, p. 339). 



3566. ^ternus hieroglyphicus, sp. n. 



Head stramineous, eyes black ; face with a discal elongate, 

 angular defined space, the margins of which are black and very 



Fig. 25. — Mter7iuii hicroglyjjhkvs. 



shortly and obsoletely striate, a longitudinal series of small dark 

 spots before each eye ; pronotum fuscous-brown ; scutellum 

 stramineous, with a large angulated black spot near each basal 

 angle ; body beneath and legs more or less ochraceous, the sternum 

 and clieeks with fuscous suffusions ; tegmina pale brownish, the 

 veins darker, a large pale subhyaline costal spot near middle, and 



