FORCULUSOIDES. 



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Length excl. tegm. 9 ; exp. tegin. 23 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Maha Ilhipalaiiia {J. C. F. Fri/er). 



Allied to the two preceding spet-ies, but apart from the different 

 coloration and markings the tegmina are more broadly and evenly 

 elevated on the costal margin. 



Genus FORCULUSOIDES, nov. 



Type, F. rubvonervis, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



AUieil to the preceding genus Forctdtis, but the head much 

 shorter, not twice as long and only slightly longer than the pro- 

 uotum ; face as long as broad, not longer than broad, moderately 

 convex, not concave ; clypeus almost as long as face, not half 

 as long ; pronotum not truncate between the eyes but distinctly 

 convexly produced ; other characters generally as in Forculus. 



3290. Forculusoides rubronervis, sp. n. 



Vertex, pronotum, and mesonotum dark greenish ochraceous 

 with darker mottlings ; abdomen above virescent, paler at base, the 

 segmental mai'gins also paler ; face greenish, the margins more 

 ochraceous; clypeus pale castaneous, the margins and a central 

 fascia pale greenish ochraceous ; body beneath aud legs greenish 



Fie. 90. — Forruluaoides rubronervis. 



ochraceous, the abdomen darker and minutely spotted with black ; 

 femora more or less streaked with pale castaneous, posterior tibi;e 

 with their basal areas much darker ; tegmina pale testaceous, the 

 venation dark testaceous, a distinct tuberculous testaceous spot on 

 disk of basal area, extreme costal margin spotted with fuscous, and 

 a small discal fuscous spot beyond middle; wiug« pale fuliginous, 

 the veins and apical area distinctly darker ; vertex of head 

 centrally longitudinally depressed, the lateral margins ridged ; 

 pronotum faintly centrally ridged ; mesonotum strongly tricai'iuate, 

 the lateral carinations anteriorly recurved. 



Length excl. tegm. 8 ; exp. 25 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon; Madulsima (/i". E. Green). 



