56 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL. XI, 
articles deplanate triquitrous, composed 
of eight to ten joints ; vertex transverse, 
very broad, or strongly acuminate pro- 
duced oF oo TRIPETALOCERINAE. 
1. Gen. Biymana, Brunn. 
r. 1. Antennae filiform. 
_ Anterior femora more or less compressed 
carinate above. 
3. Frontal costa widely forked, the rami 
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forming a frontal scutellum .. CLADONOTINAE. 
4. Pronotum extremely compressed, above 
wholly foliaceous .. 2. Gen. Oxyphyllum, Hance. 
4. 4. Pronotum acute tectiform, anteriorly | 
angulate ae a 3. Gen. Deltonotus, Hanc. 
_ Dorsum of pronotum bearing a ramose 
process; body and legs ornate with 
spiniform tubercles .. 4. Gen. Cladonotus , Sauss. 
5. 5. Dorsum of pronotum not at all ornate 
with a ramose process. 
5. 5a. Elytra and wings wanting. 
6. Posterior angles of the lateral lobes of 
pronotum widely laminate expanded, 
erose, and produced in spiniform tuber- 
cles; pronotum truncate anteriorly, 
dorsum fossulate-reticulate, between 
the shoulders cristulate .. 5. Gen. Tettilobus, Hanc. 
6. 6. Posterior angles of the lateral lobes of 
pronotum laminate obliquely truncate 
behind, setose; dorsum compressed 
gibbose between the shoulders, poste- 
riorly abbreviated, the apex truncate- 
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emarginate .. ae 6. Gen..Gignotettix, Hane. 
5, 5). Elytra minute; wings wanting ; median 
carina of pronotum cristulate. 7. Gen. Potua, Bolivar. 
3. 3. Frontal costa furcillate, but the rami 
diverge only moderately, or parallel, 
very frequently separated by a sulcus. 
>. Pronotum truncate anteriorly, posterior 
angles of the lateral lobes of pronotum 
laminate produced outwards, acute, or 
posteriorly obliquely truncate, rarely 
turned down. 
8. Posterior angles of the lateral lobes of 
the pronotum acute produced outwards | 
often spined ; the first joint of the pos- 
terior tarsi longer than the third; pos- 
terior tibiae strongly ampliate, or mar- 
gins dilated toward the apices; very 
frequently not or sparingly spinose  .. SCELIMENINAE. 
