BKRTA. 



481 



Genus BERTA. 

 Eerta, Kirk. J. Bomb. X. H. Soc. \\\, p. 57 (100l>). 



Type, B. lanhana, Ivii'k. 



Distnbution. Ceylou. 



Pilose ; head very small, almost roundly perpendicular; antennae 

 with the second joint subincrassate, thickened towards the apex, 

 much longer than first ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ; 

 pronotum and ])rosternum convex, the former not constricted, 

 lateral margins rounded, not sinuate, posterior margin very 

 slightly sinuate ; scutellum moderately large and tumid ; corium 

 including cuneus passing abdoininar apex ; cuneus a little longer 

 than broad ; membrane with two basal lateral cells, the innermost 

 very small. 



1462. Berta lankana, Kirbij (Capsus), J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 107 

 (1891) : Kirk. (Beiia) J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv, p. 57, pi. A, 

 f. 7, pi. B, f. 5 (1902). 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum black, shiuiug; antennas black, 



with the bases of the lirst and 

 third joints very pale stramineous ; 

 eyes stramineous ; corium and 

 cuneus shining piceous, a white 

 transverse fascia a little beyond 

 base of corium and a similar fascia 

 at base of cuneus ; membrane pale 

 fuliginous, subhyaline ; abdomen 

 beneath with a broad basal trans- 

 verse white fascia ; scutellum finely 

 transversely striate. 

 Length 4 millim. 



Fig. 314. — Bi'rfa lankana. 



Hah. Ceylon; Nitagala, Puudaluoya (Green). 



Division PLAGIOGNATHARIA. 



Plagioguatliaria, Rent. Bih. Vet.-Ak. Handl. iii, 1, p. 7 (1875). 

 Clilamydataria, Kirk. Faun. Huioaiieiisis, iii, pt. ii, p. 131 (1902), 



The narrow clypeus, distinctly carinately compressed, is the 

 principal structural character that distinguishes this division ; the 

 surface is also more or less shiuhig. 



Si/nopsis of Genera. 



A. Body pilose ; second joint of antenme con- 

 siderably longer than breadth of head 

 including eyes Psallus, p. 482. 



