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A. P ronotal produced margins ;/hhose ; eljftra broadened 

 ,_^ » ^ posteripdy ; apices of femora prominent. 



laCTnogkathHS greeni-, Kirby, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 109 

 (1891) ; Kirk. J. Bombay N. H. Soc. xiv, p. 297 (1902). 

 Elasmognatlms pallidus, Kirby, torn. cit. p. 110. n j (^k^y^ A f,£jT 



Black ; antennae, anterior pronotal vesicle, apex of posterior pro- 

 notal elongation, costal membrane, and 

 legs stramineous ; basal joint of an- 

 tenute (excluding apex), apical joint of 

 anteuniB (excluding base), transverse 

 lines and a large median and apical 

 spot to costal membrane, and the 

 tarsi black. 



Var. Pale testaceous ; head above 

 black ; pronotum with anterior 

 vesicle and produced lateral margins 

 nearly white. 



Length b\ to 6 millim. 

 Hah. Ceylon ; Pundaluoya and 

 Nitagala {Green). 



This species punctures the leaves 

 ''jjj'~aA^\K. of the cultivated pepper vine {Piper 

 nigrum). It makes the leaves look spotted with brown along the 

 lines of the main veins, but does not appear to seriously injure the 

 health of the plant. The insect feeds on the under surface of the 

 leaf. It occurs both on cultivated and wild pepper throughout y 

 Ceylon. {E. E. Green.) ^^ CyxA^A^ *^ ^ ^^^Hf^^^^ '^^7^ U^c^ 



B. Pronotal produced margins foveate above ; elytra somewhat 

 narrowed posteriorly ; apices of femora, spined. 



Fig. 105. 

 Elasmognathtis g^-i 



mis cf^rci 



910. Elasmognathus helferi, Fieber, Ent. 

 ff. 33-41 (1844). 



Monogr. p. 91, pi. vii, 



Differing from the preceding species, according to Fieber's 

 figure, bv the foveate and shell-like produced pronotal margins, 

 the somewhat narrowed apical areas of the pronotum, the more 

 reticulate areolation of the costal area of elytra and smaller size of 

 the median and apical spots to same, strongly spined apices of the 

 femora, &c. 



Length 6 millim. 



Hab. " Ostindien " {Heifer, fide Ficber). 



I have not seen this species. 



Genus TELEONEMIA. 



Teleonemia, Costa, Ann. Mus. Zool. Napoli, ii, p. 144 (1804) ; Stdl, 

 En. Hem. iii, pp. 122 & 131 (1873) ; Champ. Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Rhynch. ii, p. 34 (1898). ^ 



Subs:. Amaurosterphus, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 92 (1868) ; id. En. 

 Hem.ni,^. 131 (1873). 



Subg. Teleonemia, Stal, En. Hem. loc. cit. 



