ELLAMPUS. — UOLOPYGA. 421 



the middle ; autenuro long, iilit'onn, the 2ud joint of the tiagelluui 

 the longest, the 1st joint very short ; clypeus broad, slightly 

 raised in the middle anteriorly. Thorax: the pronotum very 

 convex, subcyliudrical, the sides nearly parallel ; propleurae slightly 

 hollow ; mesonotum and scutelluni strongly convex ; meso- 

 pleurse oblique, convex, strongly but not rugosely punctured, 

 the apex slightly excavate ; postscutellum with a large elongate 

 triangular mucro at base ; posterior lateral angles of the median 

 segment produced, comparatively broad at base, suddenly attenuate 

 towards apex; wings liyahne, nervures and tegula) brown, the 

 latter shining, slightly aeneous. Abdomeu convex, transverse at 

 base, suboval, the sides strongly convergent posteriorly, the apical 

 margin truncate. 



Length, § c^" 4-5; exp. 8-9 mm. 



Hah. So far recorded only froai Kashmir, 5000 ft. {Nurse). 



Genus HOLOPYGA. 

 Holopyga, Dahlb. Hi/m. Eur. 1854, p. 47. 



Type, H. ventralis, 8ay, from America. 



Banr/e. Both hemispheres. 



2 d • Head transverse, shorter than the pronotum or equal to 

 it ; facial hollow moderately deep ; mandibles bi- or tridentate ; 

 antenuDB filiform, moderately long. Thorax short and very stoutly 

 built, strongly convex above ; pronotum long, massive, as long as 

 the mesonotum or longer ; mesonotum and scutellum transverse ; 

 mesopleurse lightly convex, subtriaugular, acute beneath ; post- 

 scutellum rounded, convex, sometimes a little gibbous, never 

 mucronate; median segment truncate posteriorly, the posterior 

 lateral angles produced. Wings : fore wing with complete medial 

 and 1st discoidal cells, the outer nervures of the latter cell some- 

 what more faintly outlined ; the other cells entirely or partially 

 incomplete ; the hasal nervure bent inwards towards the base of the 

 tvimj, dlstinctlij anrjidar, not curved. Legs with the femora and 

 tibise normal, the claws of the tarsi with from 2 to 5 teeth. 

 Abdomeu pseudosessile, short, stoutly built, broad and very convex 

 above, the apical margin regularly completely rounded, never 

 truncate, incised or dentate. 



Keu to the Species. 



(I. Abdomen green or bluish green, not broader 

 than ])ronotum. 

 «'. Head as broad as pronotniu ; pronotum 

 transverse, not rounded nor declivous 



anteriorly H. indna, p. 422. 



b' . Head narrower than pronotum; pronotum 

 not transverse, rounded and declivous 



anteriorly H. nursci, p. 423. 



h. Abdomen cupreous golden, broader tlian pro- 

 notum li- cupreata, p. 42-). 



