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Genus BLACHIA. 



Blachiu, Walk. Cat. Het. i, p. 117 (18(57). 

 Sesha, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1887, p. 343. 



Type, B. ducalis, "Walk. 



DistrUnition. Sikhim ; Assam: Burma: Siam. 



Head somewhat long and pi-omiiient, concavely sinuate at lateral 

 margins, lobes about equal in length, lateral lobes with their mar- 

 gins distinctly raised and carinate ; pronotum with the disk gibbous, 

 the margins carinate, the anterior angles obtusely spinous, the 

 lateral angles somewhat longly spinous, the anterior margin con- 

 cave, lateral margins broadly sinuate ; scutellum short and broad, 

 about as long as broad at base, its apex broadly rounded; corium a 

 little longer than scutellum, its lateral margin centrally ampliated, 

 its apical margin rounded: membrane extending considerably 

 beyond the apex of abdomen ; rostrum reaching the intermediate 

 coxae : anterior tibiae strongly dilated, anterior femora with a 

 prominent spine before apex ; metasteruum elevated ; mesosternum 

 centrally carinate. Abdomen with a shoi't abdominal spine arising 

 from the second segment. 



391. Blachia ducalis. Wall-. Cat. Het. i, p. 117 (1867). 



Sesha manitesta, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1887, p. 343, pi. xii, f. 2. 



Body above pale stramineous, with the following dark blue 

 shining spots — t\^o at base of head attached to eyes, five on pro- 

 notum (two anterior and three posterior), four on scutellum (two 



basal and two subapical), 

 and two on corium (one at 

 about centre and the other 

 at apex): membrane pale 

 fuscous hyaline, dark bluish 

 at base, the apex fuscous : 

 body beneath dark bluish : 

 antennae, rostrum, legs, pro- 

 sternum, lateral margins of 

 abdomen narrow ly, and some 

 irregular lateral spots, a 

 central longitudinal macular 

 abdouiinal fascia, and ter- 

 minal segment stramineous ; 

 prosternum with a dark blue transverse spot on each lateral 

 area ; pronotum and scutellum coarsely, corium somewhat finely 

 punctate. 



Length 11 ; breadth between pronotal angles S millim. 

 Hah. Sikhim. jVaga Hills (Doherti/). Burma ; Karennee (Fea). 

 Originally described from a specimen collected in Siam by Mouhot. 



Fisr. 157. — Blachia dncali» 



