ALCATHOUS. 



197 



measured from angle of apex to eyes about as long as body 

 excluding head. 



Length ceph. process : angle from apex to eyes 14; eyes to 

 apex abdom. 14 ; exp. tegm. 45 millim. 



Hab. 8vlbet {Ind. Mns.). North-western Province ; Grarwhal 

 {Coll.Dist.). 



In my own and all other specimens examined the ground-colour 

 is pale ochraceous, as above described ; in Westvvood's figure it is 

 pale virescent, as is probably the case in all fresh specimens. I 

 have thought it better to describe only what I have seen, and to 

 add this note. 



Genus ALCATHOUS. 



Alcathous, Stal, Tr. E. S. (S) i, p. .577 (1863) ; Atkins. J. A. 

 Beng. liv, p. 139 (1885). 



6'. 



Type, A. fecialis, Stal. 



Distribution. British India. 



Head much uarro\^'er than the thorax, protuberant, face some- 

 what roundly ampliated near the apex, thence distinctly narrowed 

 upwards, tricarinate ; clypeus medially cariuate ; rostrum almost 

 reaching abdominal apex ; antennae short, second joint very briefly 

 subcylindrical, obliquely tru.ncate at apex ; pronotum medially 

 unicarinate, somewhat anteriorly medially produced, the produced 

 portion truncate, posterior margin straight ; mesonotuin tricari- 

 nate, twice as long as pronotum ; tegmina somewhat ampliated 

 . towards apex, which is obtusely, obliquely rounded, longitudinal 

 veins rarely furcate, interior simple, only third or apical area 

 furnished with remote transverse small veins, irregularly anasto- 

 mosed ; wings with more than basal halves without transverse 

 veins or A'einlets ; legs moderate in length, anterior femora beneath 

 slightly dilated, posterior tibice with five or six spines. 



1708. Alcathous fecialis, Stdl, Tr. E. S. (3) i, p. 577 (1863) ; Atkins. 

 J. A. S. Beng. liv, p. 139 (1885). 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, and sternum browuish-ochraceous, 



thickly, darkly punctate ; 

 abdomen above bright red- 

 dish -ochraceous, with six 

 large black discal spots ar- 

 ranged in pairs ; abdomen 

 beneath pale luteous, very 

 thickly, coarsely, piceously 

 punctate ; legs ochraceous, 

 annulated with piceous ; teg- 

 mina pale ochraceous, the ve- 

 nation purplish-red, on basal 

 area longitudinal and a little 

 spotted with fuscous, on apical third reticulate and unspotted, 

 the whole tegmina more or less spotted or inottled with fuscous. 



Fig. 85. — Alcathous fecialis. 



