l'ADA>^DA. 



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together; legs moderately sliort, posterior tibia? witli two strong 

 spines, posterior tarsi with the basal joint perceptibly thickened ; 

 rostrum short, robust, apical joint short ; tegmina somewhat broad, 

 apically truncately rounded, of the three basal longitudinal veins 

 the uppermost and lowermost are bifurcated, crossed by an almost 

 straight series of transverse veius beyond middle, and by a similar 

 outu ardly convex series a little before apical margin, costal mem- 

 brane with oblique transverse veins ; wings a little narrower than 

 tegmina. 



1893. Varma tridens, sj). n. 



Body and legs brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina flavescent, a 

 costal suffusion before apex, and three contiguous apical marginal 

 fasciae fuscous ; wings fuliginous, a little paler at basal area ; 

 abdominal segmental margins a little paler in hue; carinations to 



Fig. 165. — Vxruia iridciis. 



head, pronotum, and mesonotum concolorons or \ery sliglitl\ 

 paler than the discal coloration ; posterior tibiae pale ochrace- 

 ous, the spines very distinct ; carinations to face and clypeus 

 concolorous. 



Length excl. tegm. 5 ; exp. tegui. 14 millim. 



Huh. Ceylon. Armarapura, Kandy {Green). 



Genus PADANDA. 



Type, P. atlinsoni, Dist. 



Bistrilmtion. British India. 



Head (with eyes) about as wide as pronotum, the vertex shorter 

 than pronotum, subconically rounded, centrally and marginally 

 carinate : face about twice as long as clypeus, its margins parallel, 

 centrally and sublaterally carinate, the sublateral carinae anteriorly 

 curved inward and fused, the lateral margins also carinate ; clypeus 

 tricarinate ; antennae inserted considerably below eyes, the second 

 joint short, globose ; pronotum slightly longer than head, strongly 

 laterally and medially carinate, its anterior margin elongately 

 convex, its posterior margin angularly emarginate ; mesonotum 

 longer than pronotum, strongly tricarinate, the lateral carinations 

 upwardly curved inward but not quite meetiug ; legs of moderate 

 length, the posterior tibite with four spines, one very near base ; 



