46 



LTGjEIDA'. 



margins 



of the coriiim (widest near base), and disk of abdomen 



beneath luteous ; antennae 

 fuscous, base of second joint 

 ochraceous, apical joint pale 

 luteous ; rostrum and legs 

 pale luteous ; head centrally 

 granulate between eyes ; pro- 

 iiotum, scutellum. and corium 

 thickly and finely punctate. 



Length 6 to 7 millim. 



Hah. Bengal {Stockholm 

 Mus.). Ceylon (Green). — 

 Samoa (Coll. Dist.). Isld- 

 Eeunion. Mexico, Venezuela. 

 Fig. S2.— Vlcrada ajnciconiis. West Indies. 



Genus EDULICA. 

 Edulica, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1903, p. 45. 



Type, E. ornata, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Body subovate, elongate ; head narrowed and acuminate in 

 front of eyes, which are large and placed somewhat near base, 

 ocelli situate near lateral margins immediately behind eyes ; 

 rostrum reaching posterior coxa>, first joint almost reaching base 

 of head ; antennae robust, first joint shortest, reaching apex of 

 Jiead, about half the length of second, third very slightly shorter 

 than fourth ; prouotum transverse, broader than long, anterior 

 margin moderately concave, lateral margins nearly straight, very 

 slightly rounded, posterior margin straight ; scutellum subtri- 

 angular, a little tumid on lateral areas ; corium covering two-thirds 

 of abdomen, apical margin nearly straight, lateral margins a little 

 ampliated ; membrane reaching abdominal apex ; femora mode- 

 rately incrassated. 



7G1. Edulica ornata, Dist. Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. Belg. 1903, p. 45. 



Ochraceous ; eyes black ; central 

 area of pronotum strongly punctate* 

 and fuscous ; apical margins of 

 scutellum, clavus, corium (ex- 

 cepting base and lateral margins), 

 spots near the anterior and pos- 

 terior coxae, marginal abdominal 

 spots, and transverse suffusions to 

 the last three abdominal segments 

 piceous ; membrane with fuscous 

 suffusions on apical area ; scutel- 

 lum, clavus, and corium distinctly 



Fig. 33. — Edulica ornata. 



punctate ; lateral margins of corium somewhat strongly pilose. 

 Length 5 millim. 

 Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya (G-Ve^u). 



