BUKGADES. 



2;J7 



distinctly darker aud marked witli small pale spots ; at the pos- 

 terior termination of the greyish fascia are two piceous blotches 

 or spots ; pronotum thickly finely granulose ; front of head 



Fig. 174. — Sitadcx fasciutns. 



beneath with the ocelli distinctly darker, and a small black spot 

 near the insertion of the antennae ; other structural characters as- 

 ia generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 milliui. 



Hal). Bengal {Brit. Mas.). 



Genus DURGADES. 

 Durgades, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) x, p. COS (li)12). 



Type, D. nvjropictus, Dist. 



Distribution. ]>forth India. 



Head with the A'ertex short and broad, centrally carinate, the 

 eyes extending beyond the anterior angles of the pronotum, 

 shorter at middle than on lateral areas ; ocelli placed on front 

 between eyes, nearer to eyes than to each other and nearer to 

 base of face than to the anterior margin of the vertex ; face about 

 as long as broad, rounded anteriorly ; pronotum about twice as 

 broad as long, anterior margin rounded, posterior margin sinuate, 

 posterior angles somewhat obliciuely rounded ; scutellum broader 

 than long, shorter than pronotum, its apex angularly acute : 

 tegmina moderately broad: extending beyond abdominal apex, 

 costal margin convexly rounded, venation distinct, apical cells 

 five, claval vein inwardly rounded ; posterior tibiae distinctly 

 spinulose. 



Differs from the preceding ge)ius Sitades by the ocelli being 

 placed nearer to base of face than to the anterior margin of the 

 vertex, and nearer to eyes than to each other, and by the venation 

 of tegmina, especially on clavus. 



