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densely, finely punctate, fusco-castaneous, anteriorly black, the 

 anterior vesicle oblong-ovate, a little elevated, scarcely extended 

 before base of antennae, the discal carinations straight, parallel, 

 the median carination little elevated, with the anterior vesicle 

 equally high, areolets uniseriate, the two lateral carinations very 

 distinct, but not areolate, and extended forwards as far as au 

 imaginary transverse line drawn through the posterior end of the 

 anterior vesicle ; marginal membrane broadly dilated, irregularly 

 triseriately areolate, apically broadened, outwardly slightly arcuate, 

 anteriorly obliquely truncate and moderately produced, apical 

 external angle rounded; posterior process with the base black, 

 apex hyaline, areolate ; elytra much longer and broader than the 

 abdomen, just before the middle a transverse subinterrupted 

 fascia, before apex an oblique suffusion, near sutural margin an 

 abbreviated stripe and behind the apex of the discoidal area a 

 subtriangular spot, all these markings blackish fuscous and more 

 or less confluent, discoidal vesicle a little elevated, costal mem- 

 brane broad, base biseriately, afterwards triseriately, at costal 

 sinus quadriseriately and before apex triseriately areolate; body 

 beneath black, posterior edges of pectoral segments brown, anterior 

 margin of the prosternum, sternal carina, and legs flavous- 

 testaceous, apices of tarsi blackish." (Horvdth.) 



" Length c? & $ excl. elytr. 3 ; incl. elytr. 4| millira." 



Hab. Bengal ; Kurseong (Haas, fide Horvdth). 



" Differs from the other species of Stephanitis by the less 

 developed pronotal hood and by the little elevated median carina 

 of the pronotum, the two lateral carinae being long and much 

 produced forwards. Very common on the galls of Machilus 

 gamblei." 



2882. Stephanitis sordidus, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, p. 114 

 (1909). 



Pale sordidly hyaline ; body beneath dark brownish ; legs pale 

 ochraceous ; pronotal vesicle or hood elongate, completely covering 

 head and projecting slightly beyond it ; lateral pronotal dilated 

 areas longer than broad but outwardly rounded, exhibiting four 

 series of areolets ; median pronotal carination raised, compressed, 

 snbconvex and areolate ; elytra with the margins of the areolets 

 pale brown. 



From S. gallarum, Horv., this species is at once separated by 

 the strongly developed pronotal hood ; from S. typicus, Dist., 

 by the less developed lateral pronotal areas and their smaller and 

 less elongate outer areolets, the more distinct, somewhat smaller 

 and more regular areolets of the costal margin, and the sordid and 

 not pale hyaline coloration : from S. suffusus, Dist., it is to be 

 distinguished by the absence of the dark fasciae to the elytra, the 

 less elevated and more elongated median carination to the pro- 

 notum, and also by the more evenly rounded and less produced 

 pronotal lateral areas. 



Length 3 millim. 



Hab. Tenasserim ; Mergui (Coll. Dist.). 



