GAJA. 



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markings on apical area ; wings ])ale fuliginous, the veins darker, 

 brownish on basal area ; vertex of bead with tvvo straight central 

 lines and a more waved submarginal line on each side fuscous ; 

 face with a central subcariuate fuscous line which does not quite 

 reach base, the lateral margins greyishly tomentose ; pi-onotum 

 coarsely granulose, its anterior margin ridged, with a small central 

 anterior callosity ; mesonotuin smooth, the lateral carinations 

 defining a raised flat (;entral space which medially contains tvvo 

 dark central longitudinal lines ; posterior tibiae with an apical 

 spine ; tegmina with the costal margin a little waved, the radial 

 area obliquely prominent, the claval oranules fuscous. 



Length excl. tegm. 8 ; exp. tegm. '22 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Maskelijci (Green). 



2064. Gaja inconspicua, Kirbi/ (Phalajnomorpha), J. Linn. Soc, Zool. 

 xxiv, p. 150 (1891) ; Melich. (Flatoides) Ann. Hofmus. Wien, 

 xvii, p. 224 (1902) ; id. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 92 (1903). 



Body and legs ochraceous ; pronotum dull greyish ; tegmina 

 dull greyish-brown with the veins darker; wings dull greyish- 

 Mhite with the veins pale brownish ; vertex of head with the 

 apical half considerably recurved and a little darker in hue, a 



Fig. 249. — Gaja inconspicua. 



central ridge on posterior half and the lateral margins also 

 ridged ; face with the basal and apical areas a little darker in hue, 

 and with an obscure medial subcarinate line ; pronotum thickly 

 finely granulose, with a central ridge and two short transverse 

 lines on each side of it ; posterior tibiae with a single spine ; 

 tegmina with some scattered minute fuscous spots on disk, the 

 costal membrane and apical margin (excluding the veins) a little 

 paler and more greyish, on posterior margin beyond clavus there 

 is an obscure elongate brownish-ochraceous spot. 



Length excl. tegm. 5 ; exp. tegm. IS millim. 



Hah. Cevlou {Green, Brit. Mus.) ; Bogawantalawa, Maskeliya 

 {Oreen, Coll. Dist.). 



