334 ruLGORi-D.^. 



b. Tegmina convexly oblique, longer than 



broad ; posterior tibije with five spines. 



a. Face about half as long again as broad . . Flavina, p. 350. 



b. Face twice as long as bi-oad Xilaloiiita, p. 358. 



c. Tegniina globose, without a claval suture. 



a. V&ce distinctly separated from vertex . . IIemisph-EKIus, 

 />. Face not distinctly separated from vertex [p. 3o9. 



but passing gradually into its surface . . Hemisph.^roidks, 



d. Tegmina broadly transverse, only moderately [p. 31)4. 



oblique. 

 a. Head not produced in front of eyes .... Pteuilia, p. 3(35. 

 h. Head strongly and acutely produced in 



front of eves Pteeygoma, i). 300. 



Genus CALISCELIS. 



Caliscelis, Lap. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii, p. :?51 (1833) ; Melich. (excl. 



svn.) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 72 (1903) ; Hon-. Ann. Mas. Nat. 



ilmiff. 1904, p. 378. 

 ^lejonosoma, Costa, Cenni znolotjici, Annnar. Zooloff. 1834, p. 80. 

 Cailiscelis, StSl, Hem. Afr. iv, {\ 203 (1860). 

 Caloscelis, Ficb. Cic. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1875, p. 359: Melich. dead. 



Mitt. -Far op. p. 35 (1890). 



Type, C honeUii. Latr., a Palsearctie species. 



Distribution. Palsearetic and Oriental Eegions *. 



Head (including eyes) about as wide as pronotuin ; vertex with 

 its margins ridged, and \^ith a transverse ridge between the eyes ; 

 face nearly perpendicular, a little rounded towards clypeus, witli 

 three longitudinal keels ; antennae inserted before the eyes ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotuni broader than 

 long, anteriorly rounded, posteriorly concave, sometimes \\\t\\ a 

 slight unddle keel ; mesonotum acutely triangular, with three 

 faint longitudinal keels, tlie lateral keels curved ; tegmina shorter 

 than abdomen, obliquely truncate posteriorly, clavus fused with 

 corium ; anterior femora and tibia) strongly foHaceously auipliated ; 

 posterior tibia? with a single spine. 



1895. Caliscelis eximia, 67a/, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. iii, p. 323 (1859). 



Very pale ochraceous ; vertex a little produced in front of 

 eyes ; pronotum with a medial carination, much shorter than 

 mesonotum . 



(5 . Face about one-third longer than greatest breadth, medial 

 carination percurrent ; costal area of tegmina, a broad lateral 



* Buriueister (Handb. Ent. ii, p. 159, 1835) has induded a South-American 

 species in this genus, but Dr. Horvatli has stated that it is not congenei-ic 

 with Caliscelis. 



