ABDAS. 191 



vertex of head finely punctate, pronotum coarsely punctate ; face 

 considerably longer than broad, the lateral areas strongly striate 

 on upper half, less prominently so on lower half ; clypeus ochra- 

 ceous, spotted with fuscous brown ; abdomen above centrally, 

 longitudinally incised; head and pronotum centrally, longitudinally 

 car in ate. 



Length excl. tegm. 5 ; exp. tegm. 14 milhm. 



Hah. Lebong ; Phoobsering {H. Mcuvwell-Lefrotj). 



Genus ABDAS, nov. 



Type, A. nimcupatus, Dist. 



Distribution. S.India; Ceylon. 



Vertex of head shorter than breadth between eyes, subconically 

 narrowed from eyes to apex, which is obtusely angulate, obliquely 

 depressed on each lateral area ; ocelli near the ej-es ; pronotum 

 subequal in length to that of vertex, both finely, centrally carinate ; 

 face moderately globose, about as broad as long, centrally longi- 

 tudinally carinate, distinctly transversely striate ; clypeus about 

 reaching apex of anterior coxae ; scutellum very small, triangular, 

 about as long as broad at base ; I'ostrum slightly passing the 

 anterior coxae ; pronotum with the anterior margin moderately 

 convex, the lateral margins narrowly outwardly oblique to lateral 

 angle and then broadly inwardly oblique to base of scutellum ; 

 posterior tibiae with two promiiient spines ; tegmina about two- 

 and-a-half times as long as broad, apical areas indistinct. 



In this enumeration allied to AjArojihoni, from which it diflfers 

 in the longer head, small scutellum, broad face, &c. 



3410. Abdas]^nuncupatus, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum, scutellum, and tegmina pale shinino- 

 ochraceous, thickly finely punctate; eyes and a more or less distinct 



Fig. 145. — Abdas jinnciijxifns. 



central fascia to head and pronotum black; face black, the anterior 

 margin and two small spots at base of clypeus ochraceous;' 



