124 APPEXDII. TINGIDID.E. 



Stal (described without a locality) with the figure given of 

 Walker's species (vol. ii, p. 144, f. 107) and finds them the same. 

 Walker's name must, however, take precedence as the preface 

 to Pt. vi of his " Cat. Het." bears the official date : January 21st, 

 1873. 



I have recently received specimens of this species from Calcutta 

 where it is injurious to garden Coleus, and from Trivandrum, 

 Travancore, sent to me by Dr. Annandale, where " it is common 

 on English sage." 



Division AXIOKERSOSAR1A. 

 Axiokersosaria, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, p. 121 (1909). 



This division represents one of the more distinct sections of 

 the Tingididae. The very long antennae and the elongate basal 

 joint of same, combined with the long anterior femora and the 

 small sutural areas of the elytra, are almost of more than sectional 

 or divisional signification. 



Genus AXIOKERSOS. 



Axiokersos, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, p. 121 (1909). 



Type, A. ovalis, Dist. 



Distribution. At present only known from Calcutta. 



Antennae very long, the basal joint long, robust, longer than 

 head, second joint much shorter and little more than half as long 

 as first, third longer than first and second together ; head robust, 

 well produced in front of eyes, antennae inserted near apex with 

 a robust basal spinous tubercle ; pronotum elongate, the anterior 

 margin concave, the lateral margins obliquely straight, a central 

 longitudinal carination, and an obscure transverse ridge near 

 middle, before anterior margin on each side of the central cari- 

 nation is a small foveate depression ; elytra elongately subovate, the 

 areas well denned, costal area hyaline with two series of areolets, 

 subcostal area about as wide as costal area, sutural area small and 

 narrow ; legs long, the anterior femora long, robust and interiorly 

 obtusely dilated. 



2897. Axiokersos ovalis, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent Belg. liii, p. 122 (1909). 



Above dull greyish ; head, antennae, a large impunctate spot on 

 eacli side of the anterior area of pronotum, the subcostal area to 

 the elytra, and the legs, ochraceous ; apex of fourth joint of 

 antennae, eyes, outer margin of discoidal area of elytra and some- 

 times a longitudinal streak near inner margin of same, and 

 abdomen above and beneath, black ; costal area of elytra hyaline 



