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rULGORID.E. 



notum triangularly produced, two spots to clavus (one subbasal, 

 Ibe other apical), a small subapical spot, and another larger costal 



Fig. 12'2. — Chnjuvha jM'.Uifnnt^. 



spot beyond middle of tegmeu flavous, the last divided by two 

 transverse black lines "' {St&l). 



" Length 4^- ; cum tegm. 6 niillim." 



Ilab. Ceylon. 



I do not know this species, and have copied Stal's description 

 and Melichar's fissures. 



Genus MELANDEVA, uov. 



Type, M. ocellata, Dist. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 



Head much narrower than the pronotmn, sides of the vertex 

 broadly, upwardl}', laminately, convexly produced considerably 

 above each eye, where they form an acute angle, and continued as 

 margins to face, which is long, very concave, narrowed towards 

 i-lypeus, the margins very finely carinate, and exhibiting a very 

 distinct median ocellus ; clypeus short, medially carinate ; pronotum 

 short, medially carinate, its lateral margins moderately laminately 

 convex ; mesonotum centrally tricariuate ; abdomen above with 

 a central longitudinal ridge ; rostrum passing the posterior coxaj ; 

 legs moderately long and slender, longitudinally grooved, posterior 

 tibiae without spines ; tegmina somewhat broad and ampliated 

 towards apices ; stigma long with transverse carinae, costal mem- 

 brane without transverse veins, apical and ulnar areas about 

 equally long ; wings very much broader than tegmina. 



1809. Melandeva ocellata, sp. u. 



Head, pronotum, body beneath, and legs ochraceous : abdomen 

 castaneous-brown, its segmental margins above and beneath 

 ochraceous ; face with two pale piceous streaks on its upper half ; 

 extreme margins of process to head and face and the longitudinal 



