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APPENDIX. — CERCOPID,^. 



prominently carinate, face with the lateral margins obliquely 

 striate ; pronotum very finely wrinkled, its base strongly sinuate 

 before scutellum ; posterior tibioe with two spines ; tegmina 



Fig. \Al. — l'hilagr(i costalis. 



piceous brown, the costal margin broadly pale ochraceous ; wings 

 pale fuliginous, the veins black. 



Length excl. tegm. 9|-10 ; exp. tegm. 18 millim. 



Hah. Ganges A^alley (Mackinnoyi). 



Genus VERVACTOR, no v. 



Type, V. tijplcalis, Dist. 



Distrihution. Ceylon. 



Vertex of head as long as breadth between eyes, which are 

 longer than broad, subtriaugular, lateral margins oblique, apex 

 subacute, centrally carinate and obliquely deflected on each side ; 

 ocelli much nearer eyes than to each other ; face longer tlian broad, 

 globose, transversely carinate, shortly obliquely narrowed before 

 clypeus, which is short and globose ; pronotum sexangular, centrally 

 carinate, about twice as broad as long, anterior margin convex, 

 anterior lateral margins straight, posterior lateral margins oblique, 

 a little concave, posterior margin angularly excavate before scu- 

 tellum, which is broader than long ; tegmina with tiie costal 

 margins convex, narrowing to apex, six small apical marginal 

 cells ; posterior tibiae with a single strong spine beyond middle ; 

 wliole upper surface more or less densely coarsely punctate. 



34:15. Vervactor typicalis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum dark, shining brownish ochra- 

 ceous, thickly and coarsely punctate ; vertex with a central anterior 

 fascia and a marginal spot on each side in front of eyes, pale 

 ocln-aceous ; face castaneous, with a darker spot before clypeus. 



