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laaGORiB.Ti. 



ridged ; antenufc inserted beneath eyes, second joint strongly 

 globose ; pronotuin about as broad as head, very strongly tri- 

 carinate. its anterior margin subtruncate, its lateral angles 

 moderately obtusely angularly produced ; mesonotum tricarinate ; 

 legs somewhat short, the posterior tibia? with two spines, the basal 

 joint of the posterior tarsi strongly incrassate ; tegmina somewhat 

 elongate, their apices conically rounded, costal membrane with 

 transverse veins, of the three discal longitudinal veins the upper 

 and lower are bifurcate, two series of transverse veins, one before 

 apical area irregularly transverse, the other on apical area strongly 

 oblique ; wings slightly wider than tegmina. 



1892. Kusuma carinata, sp. n. 



Body and legs ochraceous ; tegmina creamy, subopaque ; base, 

 an irregularly transverse fascia beyond middle, and an oblique 

 narrow fascia on apical area pale fuscous-brown ; wings hyaline ; 



Fig. 1G4. — KiisKina carinata. 



carinations to pro- and mesonota ver}^ pronounced and promi- 

 nent ; spines to posterior tibije very distinct ; head with the 

 vertex distinctly concave ; disk of pronotum between the ridges 

 concave. 



Length excl. tegm. 4 to \\ ; exp. tegm. 13 millim. 



Hah. " India " and Bombay {Brit. 2It(s.). 



Two specimens are contained in the National Collection, one 

 probably from North India, the second properly localized as froni 

 BoinbaA'. 



(Jen us VARMA. 



Type, V. fervens, Walk., from Borneo. 



Distribt'tion. Oriental and Malayan Regions. 



Head a little narrower than pronotum ; vertex narrow, trun- 

 cately rounded in front, the margin upwardly acutely reflected ; 

 face considerably longer than broad, a little ampliated posteriorly, 

 centrally and lateivally robustly carinate, the lateral areas moderately 

 oblique ; clypeus centrally ridged, its lateral margins simple ; 

 pronotum very narrow, laterally oblique, posteriority very strongly 

 angularly emai'ginate, centrally and marginally strongly ridged ; 

 mesonotum tricarinat(> and longer than pronotum and vertex 



