l.'^2 CATALOGUE OF 



31. ISCIINODEMUS CENTRALIS. 



Mas et fcem. Niger, plauus, angiislus ; ntslrum coxas aniicas atlitu/cns ; 

 antenmc breves, arliculo lo tola 2oqiie basi. fulvis ; prothorax longi- 

 trorsum iniislrialiis, fascia pitnciaUi, tateribus rolundal.is ; pedes fuivi, 

 breves, fcmorihus incrassutis ; aUc anliecc breves, basi macula discali 

 margiiurjue inlcrriiplo albis. 



Male and female. Black, llat, sliiiiiiig, smooth, nanovv, linear. Head 

 small, transverse, as Itroad as the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes 

 slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to the fore coxae. Aulenns 

 blender, less than one-third of the length of the body ; first joint tawny; 

 second nnich longer than the fiist, tawny towards the liase ; third shorter 

 than the second; fourth longer than the second. Prothorax elongate, 

 much narrower in front, rounded on each side, with a slight longitudinal 

 impressed line and a slight transverse impressed line, the latter adjoining 

 the fore side of a finely ])unctured hand. Legs tawny, short; femora 

 incrassated. Win^s a iillle more or less than half the length of the body. 

 Fore wings while at llie base, with a white spot in the disk and with a 

 white border which is interrnjiled on the costa. Length of the body 2i — 3 

 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. From Mr. Janson's collection, 



32. IsCHNODEMUS rUNCTATUS. 



Niger, ]danus, linearis, longissiimts ; caput parvwn, lulo medio prominulo ; 

 rosirinn coxas aniicas allingens ; anlcniuc breves ; prothorax transverse 

 subsiilcalus, laleribus anticis ro Inn da lis, fascia postica rude punctata, 

 marginc poslico exeavato ; femora quatuor pnsteriora incrassata ; 

 femora untica valde i)ierassata, subtus dcnliculala ; alec breves; 

 corium album, nigro vcnosum el unistrigatum ; mcmbrana basi 

 margiuefjue albis. 



Black, very long, narrow, linear. Head small, transverse, very finely 

 piinclureil, as broad as the fore border of the prothorax ; mi<ldie lobe 

 prominent. Eyes slightly prominent, llostrum extending to the fore 

 coxa'. AntenucC slender, less than one-fonrth of the length of the body; 

 first joint stout; second twice the length of the first; third much shorter 

 than the second; fourth elongate-fusiform, a little longer than the second. 

 Prothorax elongate, rounded on each side in AH)nt, with a slight transverse 

 miiblle furrow; fore ])arl finely punctured; a coarsely-punctured band 

 adjoining the hind side of the furrow; hind border excavated in the 

 middle. Legs short; four hinder femora incrassated; fore femora much 

 incrassated, denticulated beneath. Winj^s much shorter than the abdomen. 

 Corium of the fore wings white, with black vein';, and with a black streak 

 which extends I'rom the disk lo the exterior border ; membraue white at the 

 base and with a white border. Ijcngth of the body y lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capl. Boyes' coUectioi). 



