848 



PULGOEID.'E. 



on each side : pronutum with its posterior margin truncate, 

 anteriorly subtriangnlarly produced and with a central hnigi- 

 tudinal ridge ; mesonotum centrally slightly longer than prouotum 

 Mith a central ridge, the margins of both pro- and mesonota 

 carinate ; abdomen short and robust: legs moderately stout and 

 long ; tegmina placed vertically, strongly ampliated posteriorly, 

 the apical margin somewhat obliquely truncate with many trans- 

 verse veins, some of which are obscurely visible ; a distinct sei'ies 

 of short apical veins, ^^hich are continued round apex on posterior 

 edge of costal area. 



1013. Devagama rana, sp. n. 



Bodv and legs brownisb-ochraceous, head and thorax a little 



paler 



hut 



eyes concolorous ; tegmina very pale ochraceous 

 with a slight virescent tint, 

 finely but sparsely speckled 

 with fuscous, a few of the 

 discal spots being promi- 

 nent, the costal membrane 

 pale bright ochraceous ; teg- 

 mina a little convex on each 

 side : tibiae somewhat short, 

 broad, and longitudinally 

 sulcate ; autennffi inserted 

 beneath the eyes, the second 

 joint short and globose. 



Fig. 178. — Dei'cir/mna rana. 



Length inch tegm. 4 millini. 



Hah. " India " {Brit. Mus.). 



The specimen on which this genus and species are founded is 

 without a precise locality beyond the one given above ; it was 

 derived from the collection once made by the Entomological 

 Societv of London. 



1914. Devagama venosa, sp. n. 



Pale brownisb-ochraceous ; apices of femora, bases and apices 

 of anterior and intermediate tibiae, and apices of anterior tarsi 

 castaneous-brown ; disk of abdomen beneath castaneous-brown, 

 the segmental margins piceous ; tegmina with both the longitudinal 

 veins and the transverse veins on apical area very strongly i-aised 

 and prominent, and a few somewhat large but obscure piceous 

 ^pots on the apical area ; vertex of head with two basal spots 

 and a curved piceous line on each side of disk connected trans- 

 versely a little before apex ; pronotum with t\\ o transverse narrow 

 tubercles on disk. 



Length inch tegm. 5 millim. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills {Hampson). 



A species to be recognized by the very prominent venation of the 

 t emiiina. 



