318 FULGORID.i:. 



a'. Teguiiua uormal, smooth, not sub- 

 coriaceous. 

 a-. Prouotum posteriorly obtusely 



emarginate '. '. KrsuMA, p. 329. 



i-, Prouotum posteriorly strongly an- 

 gularly emarginate Varma, p. 330. 



V . Tegmina subcoriaceous Padanda, p. 331. 



Genus ELASMOSCELIS. 



Elasmoscelis, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii, p. 388 (1839) ; Stdl, 

 Hem. Afr. iv, p. 200 (1866) ; Melich. Horn. Fmm. Ceylon, p. 64 

 (1903). 



Type, E. cimicoides. Spin., an Ethiopian species. 



Distribvfion. Ethiopian and Oriental Regions. 



Head (including eyes) much narrower than pronotum ; vertex 

 moderately produced in front of eyes, narrow, its lateral margins 

 laminately elevated, centrally divergent or excavate at apex ; face 

 much longer than hroad, amphated posteriorly, its lateral margins 

 (except on posterior area) laminately dilated and with two cari- 

 nations on each of their under surfaces ; clypeus tricarinate ; eyes 

 beneath moderately sinuate : antennae short and situate just 

 beneath eyes ; legs of moderate length, the anterior tibiae strongly 

 foliaceously dilated, the posterior tibias with three spines, the 

 posterior tarsi with the basal joint incrassate ; pronotum short, 

 medially tuberculously carinate ; mesonotum obsoletely tricarinate ; 

 tegmina moderately broad, their anterior and postei'ior margins 

 subparallel, basal longitudinal veins strongly bifurcating posteriorly, 

 the apical area containing many longitudinal veins, costal 

 membrane broad, indistinctly transvei'sely veined. 



1878, Elasmoscelis platypoda, Kirb?/, J. Linn. Soc, Zool xxiv, 

 p. 148, t. vi, f. 3 (1891) ; Meltck. Horn. Fmm. Ceylon, p. 64, 

 t. ii, f. 2,a,b (1903). 



Head with the vertex very pale ochraceous with some oblique 



Fig. 155. — Elaaoitoscelis 'plaiypodu. 



transverse black lines,' eyes brown ; pronotum black with a trans- 

 verse testaceous fascia on each side ; mesonotum black, its central 



