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FULGOEID.'E. 



Bisti'ihution. Oriental and Ethiopean. Regions. 



Head broad, vertex about four times as broad as the eyes; entire 

 tegmiua nioi'e or less densely reticulate ; wings reticulate to near 

 base ; anterior tibiae sometimes moderately dilated ; face obtusely 

 rounded above, ampliated posteriorly, and distinctly broader than 

 tlie clypeus ; tegmina elongate, three or sometimes nearly four 

 times longer tlian broad ; spines to posterior tibise variable in 

 number. 



Melichar (Homop. Fauu. Ceylon, p. 71, 1903) includes this 

 genus in the Eurybrachydiuae, an innovation \\hich I cannot 

 follow. 



1736. Polydictya basalis, Gucr. Icon. Hepie A7iim., texte Ins. p. 359 

 (1830-4) ; Hoj^e fEiu-vbracliys), Tr. Linn. Soc. xix, p. 13J-, t. xii, 

 f. 6 (1845); Sm (Polvdictya), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1862, 

 p. 500 ; Athins. J. A. 8. ^Bemj. liv, p. 155 (1885). 



Head, pronotum, sternum, and rostrum brownisli-ochraceous ; 

 mesonotum, legs, and abdomen beneath brown or pale castaneous; 

 apices of anterior and intermediate tibiae and the tarsi piceous ; 

 abdomen above purplish-red ; tegmina above brownish-ochreous, 

 the reticulate venation ochraceous,and with a basal, dai'k olivaceous, 

 transverse fascia, beneath (excluding apical area) the tegmina have 



Fig. 93. — Polydictya hascdis. 



a pale olivaceous hue ; wings fuscous-brown, basal anal area 

 purplish-red, a pale green longitudinal fascia more or less 

 margined posteriorly with black at base of costal area ; pro- 

 notum with an obsolete discal broad carinatiou ; rostrum reatthiug 

 but not passing the posterior coxae ; posterior tibiae with five 

 spines. 



Length excl. tegm. 21 ; exp. tegm. 56 to 60 millim. 



Hah. Sylhet {Brit. Mus.). 



Note. Stal (Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Eurh. 1862, p. 500) stated that the 

 Bornean P. imiformis. Walk., was a synonym of this species. It 

 is, however, quite distinct. 



