HOMALOCEPH^LA. 199 



Jr. Posterior tibise with a tubercle on their 

 upper surface at base. 

 a'. Face with two obtuse parallel ridges 



which are oi'teu obliterated Kalidasa, p. 212. 



b. Face as long as broad. 



0. Tegmina remotely reticulate Gebenna, p. 214. 



c . Entire tegmina more or less densely 



reticulate Polydictya, p. 21->. 



Geuus HOMALOCEPHALA. 



Omalocephala, Spin. Ann. Soc. JEnt. Fr. 1839, p. 259. 

 Homalocephala, Amy. 8f Serv. Hem. p. 492 (1843) ; Stdl, Hem. Afr. 

 iv, pp. 133 & 145 (1866) ; Atkins. J. A. S.Beng. liv, p. 141 (1885). 



Type, H. fesiiva, Fabr. 



Distribution. British India. 



Head broad, narrower thau the pronotum, triangularly or 

 roundly produced in front of eyes, angularly prominent behind 

 the eyes, vertex at least four times wider than the eyes and 

 moderately flat, face Hat, broader than the clypeus, its lateral 

 margins parallel, clypeus without a niedial ridge ; rostrum reaching 

 the posterior coxje ; pronotum truncate anteriorly with a medial 

 longitudinal ridge ; mesonotum about twice as long as the 

 pronotum ; tegmina with the anterior and posterior margins 

 subparallel, the apical mai'gin obscurely obliquely rounded, densely 

 reticulate except in costal ai"ea, where the reticulations are obsolete, 

 claval vein united with the commissure at the apex of the clavus ; 

 wings entire, the veins moderately reticulate on apical area: 

 aiiterior and intermediate tibia; as long as the femora. 



1709. Homalocephala festiva, Fabr. (Fulgora) Spec Ins. ii, p. 315 

 (1781) ; id. Mant. Ins. ii, p. 261 (1787) ; Bon. Ins. Ind.,Hem. 

 t. vii, f. 2 (1800) ; Spin. (Omalocephala) Ayin. Soc. E7it. Fr. 

 1839, p. 261 ; Amy. 8f Serv. (Homalocephala) Hem. p. 493 

 (1843) ; ArMns. J. A. S. Beng. liv, p. 141 (1885). 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, body beneath, and legs brownish- 

 ochraceous, lateral and apical margins of head black ; abdomen 



above sanguineous ; head be- 

 *^"'^ neath, lateral areas of sternum, 



'^S^^^^^^^^i^S^'' ^^^^ posterior acetabulse pale 



^^^^^^^^^^^^^ " ^ ochraceous ; tegmina brownish- 



W^^^^3;l^^^^^ _\^^ /CrX ochraceous, minutely spotted 



^^ f "t ^^'ith black in the reticulate 



Fig. 86.-Ho,mloccjyhala fesfiva. areas, with some scattered pale 



spots, the costal area pale 

 greenish-flavescent with five black spots posteriorly margined 

 with orange-yellow ; wings sanguineous, apical area pale fuscous 

 with the veins darker, the posterior margin greyish ; head longer 

 than pronotum, above with a moderate medial longitudinal ridge 

 which is continued through the pro- and mesonota. 

 Length excl. tegm, 12 ; exp. tegm. 33 millim. 

 Hab. Madras (Coll. Dist.). 



