324 



vuLGOiai).!:. 



iiiargins ciiriuate, and vvitli a fine central ridge w hich is bifurcate 

 anteriorly; face rather long, a little ampliate posteriorly, the 

 lateral margins carinate, and a sublateral ridge, on each side; 

 eiypeus centrally and laterally carinate ; prouotum truncate at 

 base, rounded anteriorly behind the vertex, tricarinate ; mesouotum 

 tricarinate; legs of moderate length, anterior legs sti'ongly dilated, 

 foliaceous, posterior tibiae trispinose, gradually slightly dilated 

 to\\ards the apex, posterior tarsi \\ ith the basal joint very robust ; 

 tegmina somewhat ample, anterior and posterior margins parallel, 

 broadly round at apex, costal membrane obliquely transversely 

 veined ; wings slightly narrower than tegmina. 



18&5. Lacusa fuscofasciata, stal (Elusmuscelis :- ). Ofv. Vet. -Ah. 

 Fork. 1854, p. iM8; I'd. (Lacusa) Beii. ent. Zeitsckr. vi, p. 30*.t 

 (1862) ; Afldn.s. J. A. S. Bvmj. Iv, p. 42 (lc;86). 

 Cixius eminens, Walk, Ins. Saund., Horn. p. 42 (1858). 



Piceous ; head, pronotum, mesonotum, and tarsi A'ery pale 

 testaceous, face and mesonotum infuscated; clypeus and anterior 

 legs piceous, the latter speckled with luteous, intermediate and 

 posterior legs luteous, the posterior tibi;e apically piceous ; teg- 

 mina very pale ochraceous, semi-opaque, the venation sparingly 

 and finely spotted with piceous, costal membrane with some linear 



Fig. 150. — Lciriif^a /n^cofufcia/a. 



oblique piceous spots, disk crossed by three broad piceous fascite, 

 the first oblique before middle, the second and third oppositely 

 oblique and united at posterior margin, apical margin either 

 completely or maculately piceous ; wings semihyaline, the apical 

 and posterior margins pale fuscous. 



Length excl. tegm. 5 to 5^ ; exp. tegm. 16 to IG.V millim. 



Hah. "Hindostan" {fde WaU-a-). Burma; Euby Mines, 

 Momeit {Doherft/). 



Genus SERIDA. 



'Serida, Walh: J. Limi. Soc. Zool. 1, p, 158 (1857). 



Type, .S^. latens, Walk. 



iJistrilmtion. Oriental and Malayan Eegions. 

 Head (including eyes) narrower than pronotum ; vertex longly 

 produced in front of eyes, its lateral margins strongly ridged, 



