cixius. 259 



fuscous fasciae, of which the first, complete and nearly straight, 

 is placed a little beyond base, the second curved posteriorly, 

 attenuated, and not quite reaching posterior margin, is situate a 

 little beyond middle, the third short at apex of stigma, apical 

 margin also fuscous ; stigma ochraceous ; wings very pale 

 fuliginous and semi-hyaline, a little darker on apical areas ; 

 mesonotum with five longitudinal ridges ; vertex of head with a 

 distinct longitudinal ridge ; ridges to face and clypeus well 

 developed. 



Length excl. tegm. 5 ; exp. tegm. 15 inillim. 



Hah. Burma ; Momeit (Doherti/). 



B. Tegmina ivith the cellular areas thicJcli/ sprinlded ivith minute 

 setose fuscous spots. 



1796. Oliarus punctipennis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and mesonotum castaneous or piceous-brovvn ; 

 abdomen above brownish-ochraceous, the lateral and apical areas 

 piceous ; body beneath, rostrum, and legs brownish-ochraceous, 

 the segmental abdominal margins piceous ; disk of face (excluding 

 carina) castaneous ; tegmina semi-hyaline with very numerous 

 minute setose fuscous spots, both on the veins and in the cellular 

 areas ; the venation, stigma, some irregular longitudinal apical 

 spots, and the claval and posterior margins fuscous ; wings hyaline, 

 the venation fuscous ; mesonotum with five distinct longitudinal 

 carinate lines, the central one most pronounced ; face and clypeus 

 centrally longitudinally carinate, their lateral margins acute ; 

 rostrum very long, its apex reaching the apical abdominal 

 segment ; pronotum strongly centrally longitudinally ridged, an 

 ■oblique carinate line near each lateral margin, and a transverse 

 sinuate carinate line connecting them ; posterior tibiae with two 

 or three spines, one near middle very prominent. 



Length excl. tegm. 8| to 10| ; exp. tegm. .20 to 25 millim. 

 Bah. Sikhim {Ind. Mus.) ; Mungphu {Atkinson Coll.., Brit. 

 Mus.). Nilgiri Hills {Hampson). Burma ; Buby Mines and Karen 

 Hills {Doherty). 



Genus CIXIUS. 



Cixius, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xii, p. 310 (1803-4) ; id. Gen. Ins. iii, 

 p. 1C.6 (1807) ; Stdl, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 164 (18G6) ; Atkins. J. A. S. 

 Ben<j. Iv, p. 31 (1886) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 30 (1903). 



Type, C. nervosus, Linn., a Palcearctic species. 



Distribution. Probably nearly universal. 



Head somewhat narrower than the pronotnui, short, roundly 

 sinuated at base, vertex moderately concave, a little narrowed 

 anteriorly, its lateral margins strongly upwardly carinate ; face 

 longer than broad, gradually somewhat convexly broadened 



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