298 ruLGORiD.^. 



a'. Tegmina with eight or nine apical 



areas Kermesia, p. 308. 



b'-. Tegmina with only about five apical 



areas NisiA, p. 309. 



b'. Costal membrane of tegmina neither 



distinctly arched nor prominatelj' 



dilated. 



a'^. Tegmina with numerous short apical 



areas continued round apex on 



posterior margin of costal area .... Kamendaka, p. 310. 

 h'. Tegmina with apical areas moderately 

 long and not continued round apex 

 on posterior margin of costal area . Riiotana, p. 311, 

 B. Antennfe abnormally developed. 



a. Antennae with the second joint very long 



and incrassate Vinata, p. 314. 



b. Antennae with the first and second joints 



globose, remaining joints prominently pro- 

 duced and longly pectinate Devadanda, p. 315. 



Genus PHENICE. 



Phenice, Westiv. Tr. Linn. Soc. xix, p. 10 (1845) ; StB, Ofv. Vet- 

 Ak. Fork. 1856, p. 163; id. Hem. Afr. iv, pp. 193 & 195 (1866) ; 

 Atkim. J. A. S. Bemj. Iv, p. 41 (1886) ; Melicli. Horn. Faicn. 

 Ceylon, p. 54 (1903). 



Assa'mia, Buckt. Ind. Mzis. Notes, iv. p. 1 (1896). 



Proutista, Kirk. Entomolo(jist, 1904, p. 279. 



Type, F. fritillaris, Westvv., a "West-African species. 



Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Regions. 



Head much narrower tlian the pronotura, seen from the side 

 more or less rounded anteriorly, shghtly compressed and narrowly 

 prominent in front of eyes, vertex and face very narrow ; clypeus 

 loDg, tricarinate ; eyes posteriorly sinuate beneath ; ocelli none ; 

 second joint of antenna varying in length and shape ; apical joint 

 of rostrum very minute ; pronotum short, posteriorly deeply 

 angularly emarginate ; mesonotum and pronotum finely tri- 

 carinate ; tegmina elongate, gradually amplified from base to 

 middle, thence somewhat convex, and again narrowed upward, 

 much longer than the wings; clavus short; radial vein forked, 

 uhiar vein emitting inwardly obHque longitudinal branches 

 towards the commissural margin, these branches united by a 

 transverse vein ; legs slender, posterior tibiae sometimes spinose. 



Kirkaldy (supra) has proposed a new name {Proutista) for a 

 A^■e]l-known synonym, Assamia, Buckt, 



1843, Phenice moesta, Wesfw. (Derbe (Phenice)) A. M. N. H. (2) vii, 

 p. 209 (1851) ; Stal (Phenice), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 750 ; 

 Atkins. J. A. S. Benq. Iv, p. 41 (1880) ; Melich. Hojn. Faun. 

 Ceylon, p. 54, t. ii, f.'ll (1903). 

 Assamia dentata, Buckt. Ind. Mus. Notes, iv, p. 1, t. i (1896). 



Body black ; vertex of head and face, central carina to clypeus, 



