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FULGOEIDii;. 



form, a transverse arcuated line, and scattered pnnctures to vertex 

 blackish-brov^n ; prunotnm moderately, niinutel^^ behind eyes on 

 each side densely, niesonotum moderately, tegulce densely and 

 confluently, and tegminal veins here and there speckled with 

 fuscous, costal margin erosed. Head lougiy produced befoi'e 

 eyes, about half as long again as broad, parallel, apex rounded, 

 margins moderately elevated, with a medial longitudinal linear 

 sulcation ; face from base to nearly beA'ond middle distinctly 

 a little ampliated, afterwards subparallel, apex slightly narrowed, 

 ba^e convex, with an obsolete longitudinal carination, scarcely 

 twice longer than the medial breadth : pronotum foliaceous on 

 each side, acutely angularly dilated ; mesonotnm with the disk 

 smooth, on each side at tegula) densely sprinkled with fuscous ; 

 tegmina ample, towards aj^ex somewhat narro\Aed, apex broadly 

 rounded, costal margin slightly trisinuate ; wings white; abdomen 

 beneath here and there infuscated ; posterior tibia? with a spine 

 beyond middle." (Stal.) 



" Length 12 ; exp. tegm. 35 millim." 



Hab. Ceylon. 



I have been unable to connect this description with certainty 

 to any Ceylonese specimens which have passed through my hands. 



2054. Atracis moelleri, sp. n. 



Body pale emerald-green, legs ochraceous ; pronotum with a 

 central darker longitudinal fascia ; mesonotum with an irregular 

 oblique piceous fascia on each side ; abdominal segmental margins 



Fig. 243. — Atracis moelleri 



brighter and more intense emerald-green ; tegmina very pale 

 emerald-green, much cretaceously tomentose, the radial area 

 especially so and prominent, extreme costal edge ochraceous, some 

 obscure fuscous irregular spots on posterior costal and apical 

 marginal areas, and a spot of the same colour beneath and a little 

 before apex of radial area ; wings cretaceous-white, with the veins 

 green ; vertex of head longer than broad, obliquely narrowed 

 towards apex, wdiich is truncate and a little paler in hue ; face 

 long, obhquely narrowed in front of eyes, transversely impressed 



