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rugulose, not longer than broad, the fore part much contracted. Scutellum 

 with a slight keel, attenuated towards the tip, which is rounded. Legs 

 rather stout ; fore femora with a spine beneath near the tips ; fore tibiaj 

 much dilated. 



The elongate hardly convex body, the shape of the head and the 

 unarmed thorax distinguish this genus from Cazira. 



1. Cecykina platyrhinoides. 



Fulva, pieeo varia ; capvt piceum, fulvo unilinealum ; antenna rufes- 

 cenles, apices versus picece, articulo Ao basi albido ; abdominis dorsum 

 saturate rufum, mactdis laleralibus fulvis ; alee anticce membrana 

 cinereafusco bi/asciala. 



Tawny, irregularly and more or less speckled with piceous, the 

 latter hue partly predoniinaiing. Head piceous, with a tawny longitudinal 

 line. Rostrum piceous, Antennaj reddish ; fourth and fifth joints piceous; 

 fourth with a whitish band near the base. Abdomen above very dark red, 

 with tawny spots along each side. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous, 

 with two curved brown bands. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the 

 body 5^ — 6 lines. 



a — e. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus?. BODETKIA. 



Corpus fusiforme, aspere punctatum. Caput longum, angustum ; 

 lobi laterales lobum intermedium valde superantes. Rostrum robustum, 

 coxas poslicas attingens. Antennae corporis dimidio non longiores; articuli 

 2o ad 5um subsequales. Thorax transverse sulcatus, spinis attenuatis acutis. 

 Scutellum sat angustum. Spina ventralis alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes breves, robusti ; tibis anticae valde dilatatis. 



Body fusiform, shining, rather thinly and largely punctured. Head 

 full twice broader than long, and nearly one-fourth of the breadth of the 

 thorax ; lateral lobes much longer than the middle one. Rostrum stout, 

 extending to the hind coxae. Antennae minutely setulose, hardly half the 

 length of the body; second and three following joints of nearly equal 

 length. Thorax with a distinct transverse furrow, in front of which it is 

 much narrower ; spines prominent, acute, much attenuated near the tips. 

 Scutellum rather narrow; ventral spine not extending beyond the hind 

 coxae. Legs short, stout, hardly setulose ; fore tibiae much dilated. 



1. BODETBIA BRENTHOIDES. 



Viridis, cyaneo ceneo purpureoque varia, snbtus nigra ; thorax vittulis 

 duabus poslicis luteis ; alee anticce membrana nigro-cenea. 



Metallic-green, varied with blue, with purple, and with aeneous. 

 Under side, antennae, rostrum and legs black. Hind part of tlie thorax 

 with two short luteous stripes. Fore wings with an ffineous-black mem- 

 brane. Length of the body 1 lines. 



a. St. Paul, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



