230 rULGORIDiE. 



spined ; pronotuin transverse, a little shorter than mesonotum ; 

 tegmina very long, about halt' as long again as body, the apex 

 a little narrowed, venation reticulate, more obsoletely so at 

 base ; wings about as broad as, but one-third shorter than, 

 tegmina; anterior tibia? moderately compressed and dilated, 

 posterior tibiae with six spines. 



1759. Nicidus fusco-nebiilosiis, Stdl. Ofc. J'd.-A/c. Fork. 1858, 

 p. 451 ; Melirh. Horn. Faun. Cet/loti', p. 70, t. iii, f. 14 (1903). 

 Kandiana lewisi, JJisf. Tr. F. S. 1892, p. 280, t. xiii, f. 2. 



Body above and abdomen beneath warm ochraceous ; face, ster- 

 num, and legs more stramineous ; apices of anterior femora, and the 



anterior tibia? and tarsi, thickly mottled 



with fuscous, intermediate tibia> and 



tarsi less thickly mottled witli fuscous ; 



body above ^^■ith darker mottlings or 



shadings ; tegmina subhyaline, venation 



brownish-ochraceous, with irregular 



uiottHngs and spots of the same colour, 



pjg f)- basal area more fuscously maculate, 



Nicidioifuxco-nehulii^m. aud just before apex the spots become 



almost I'asciate ; wings pale obscure 



ochraceous-browu, the apex greyish preceded by a transverse 



fuscous spot. 



Length excl. tegm. 9 ; exp. tegm. 32 to 3-5 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon (Lewis) ; Kandy ( Green). 



This species appears to be confined to the island of Ceylon. 



Genus THESSITUS. 



Thessitus, Walk. Jouni. Fat. i, p. 307 (1862) ; StSJ, Ofc. Tet.-Ah. 



Fork. 1870, p. 753 ; Atkins. J. A. >S'. Bent/. Iv, p. 12 (■l886). 

 Thessita, Stdl, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiv, pp. 24G-7 (1863). 



Type, T. mortuifoUa. Walk., from the Malayan Region. 



Distribution. Oriental and Malayan Eegions. 



Wings ample, broader than the tegmina; head with the lateral 

 angles of the front much produced, vertex distinctly sinuate at base ; 

 antennae short, cylindrical ; clavus broad at apex, the two longi- 

 tudinal veins separated throughout their whole length ; median 

 longitudinal area of wings dilated and with the outer area of 

 wings furnished with transverse veins ; posterior tibiae with six 

 spines ; anterior and intermediate femora and tarsi somewhat 

 strongly dilated ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; anterior 

 and anterior-lateral margins of face with two ridges, between 

 which the surface is concave ; tegmina with about apical half, aud 

 the costal area (excluding base) with the venation, reticulate. 



