242 FULGORID^. 



Body obloDg or oval, somewhat depressed ; head variable in 

 size and form, usually porrectly longly produced, the cephalic 

 process straight or recurved, vertex and face frequently cari- 

 nate ; clypeus centrally longitudinally carinate ; second joint of 

 antennae small, subglobose ; rostrum long ; pronotum frequently 

 broadly emarginate at base, slightly anteriorly sinuate behind the 

 eyes, longitudinally carinate, the carinatious varying from one to 

 three ; mesonotum frequently tricarinate ; tegmina extending 

 beyond the apex of the abdomen, apical area or sometimes nearly 

 apical half with transverse veins, clavus without a transverse 

 vein ; wings with a few apical transverse veins ; legs moderately 

 long and slender, femora shorter than tibiae, posterior tibiae armed 

 with from four to six spines. 



A. Posterior tibice with Jive sjnnes. 



1774. Dictyophara nigrimacula, Walk. (Dictyophora) List Horn. 



ii, p. 318 (1851); Atkins. ^Dictyophara*?) J. A. S. Bemj. Iv, 

 p. 28 (1886). 



Head bright testaceous, the longitudinal ridges green, the 

 lateral areas and apex piceous, beneath with a central green 

 longitudinal carination ; pronotum testaceous, the margins and 

 three central cariuae green ; mesouotum testaceous, with a 

 transverse piceous spot near each lateral angle of anterior margin, 

 three longitudinal carinae and a small spot on each lateral margin 

 green ; abdomen above ochraceous, much spotted with black, the 

 spots quadrangular, and the most distinct being a double discal 

 series, one on each lateral area, and a narrower marginal series ; 

 clypeus, sternum, and legs ochraceous ; apical area of clypeus, 

 disk of sternum, and longitudinal lines to legs black ; abdomen 

 beneath black, lateral margins (broadly), segmental margins 

 (narrowly), and base of anal segment ochraceous ; tegmina 

 vitreous, the venation fuscous, especially that in apical area, 

 stigma fuscous ; wings viti-eous, the venation fuscous ; head 

 shorter than abdomen excluding base, broadly longitudinally 

 sulcate above, beneath, and on lateral areas; rostrum reaching the 

 posterior coxae ; posterior tibiae with five spines ; tegmina and 

 wings transversely veined on about basal thirds. 



Length ceph. process, angle from apex to eyes 3| ; eyes to apex 

 abdom. 8; exp. tegm. 20 millim. 



Eah. " North India " ( Warwick, Brit. Mus.). 



1775. Dictyophara nilgiriensis, sp. n. 



Pale tawny-brown ; eyes fuscous-brown ; legs longitudinally 

 striped with piceous ; pronotum with the margins and three 

 central longitudinal carinae flavescent ; mesonotum with a trans- 

 verse piceous spot near each lateral angle of anterior margin, and 

 with three central longitudinal carinae, a small spot on each 

 lateral margin, and the posterior angle flavescent ; apex of 



