lech.t:a. 401 



GeDus LECH^A. 



Lechfea, Stal, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 236 (1866) ; id. Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 

 p. 393 (1866) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Bern/. Iv, p. 66 (1886) ; Melich. 

 Ann. Hofmm. Wien, xvi. p. 232 (1901). 



Type, L. dentifrons, Guer. 



Distribution. Oriental aud Malaj'an Eegious. 



" Tegmina furnislied towards the apex with one or two rows of 

 transverse veinlets or with veinlets irregularly scattered through- 

 out, and with very many or several longitudinal veins forked at 

 the apex, the longitudinal veins at the apex rarely simple, if so 

 the tegmina furnished with a single row of veinlets near the apex 

 body cylindrical or compressed ; tegmina strongly decumbent 

 face (seen from the sides) and gense produced in the middle 

 tegmina very ample, gradually somewhat amplified towards the 

 apex, near which it is furnished with a regular arched row of 

 transverse veinlets which begins behind the apex of the clavus ; 

 costal area transversely veined, some of the veins anastomosed." 

 (Stal.) 



I only kno\\" this genus from its description, aud have therefore 

 been unable to place it in the generic synopsis. It seems to belong 

 to the division Phromniaria. 



2000. Lechaea dentifrons, Guer. (Poeciloptera) Icon. Reyn. Anim. p. 360 

 (1843); Stal (Lecheea), Berl. ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 393 (1866); 

 Melich. Ann. Hofnms. Wien, xvi, p. 233, t. iii, f. 2, a, b, c (1901). 



" Body dull yellow with an orange spot on each edge of the 

 mesonotum ; face produced and enlarged towards middle, the 

 edges strongly carinate, I'etlexed near the vertex, with the most 

 produced portion furnished with two tubercles which (seen from 

 above) form, with the angles produced by the carinations, four 

 well-developed teeth ; antennae inserted beneath the eyes, the 

 second joint protruding a little beyond the lateral carination ; 

 tegmina slender, yellow, rounded, a little more darkly coloured 

 near base ; wings white ; legs concolorous with the body, the 

 anterior and intermediate femora aud the tarsi black," {Guerln.) 



Length, body, 15 ; exp. tegin. 51 millim. 



Hab. Malabar ( fide Guerin). — Borneo. 



I have not seen this species. 



Division CERYNIABIA. 



The Cerymaria agree \^ ith the Phrohiniaria in having the tegmina 

 with, their apical margins (including the apical and posterior angles) 

 more or less convexly rounded, but differ in their being more elon- 

 gate and narrower than the wings. 



In the four genera here enumerated, the costal membrane of the 

 tegmina is broader than the radial area. 



