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FULGORTD.i:. 



1862. Vivaha facialis, s]). n. 



Head ochraceous, its vertex and margins testaceous-red; thorax 

 tjstaceous-red ; abdomen and legs stramineous ; tegmina flaves- 

 eent, a narrow' linear basal fascia, a broader oblique fascia near 



Fig. 148. — Vivaha facialis. 



middle, posterior margin, and the apical venation more or less 

 purplish-red, the apical cellular areas somewhat vitreous ; wings 

 pale creamy-hyaline. 



Length excl. tegm. 5 to 6 ; exp. tegm. 16 millim. 



Hab. Andaman Islands {Brit. Mus.). Tenasserim ; Myitta 

 (Doherty). 



Genus KERMESIA. 

 Kermesia, Melich. Horn, Faun. Ceylon, p. 52 (1903). 



Type, K. albida, Melich. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Head (including eyes) narrower than pronotum ; vertex and 

 face continuous, their lateral margins strongly cariuate and parallel 

 to clypeus which is strongly centrally ridged ; rostrum with the 

 apical joint minute ; pronotum narrow, with all its margins 

 strongly ridged and with a strong central cariuation ; mesonotum 

 somewhat obscurely tricarinate, the carinations confined to the 

 anterior area; legs of moderate length, posterior tibiae with a 

 single spine ; tegmina short and broad, apically ampliated, the 

 costal margin somewhat strongly sinuate, costal membrane broad 

 with a single transverse vein, two series of transverse veins, the 

 first before middle connecting the longitudinal veins, the second 

 deliminating eight or nine apical areas ; wings a little narrower 

 than tegmina. 



A genus to be easily recognized by the shape and venation of 

 the tegmina. 



1863. Kermesia albida, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. o3, t. i, 

 f. 14, a, b (1903). 



Body and legs pale tawny, abdomen more or less cretaceously 



