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corpore triple longiores. Prothorax transversus, antice angustior, lateribus 

 subrotundatis. Cerci abdomine breviores. Pedes anteriores breves, robusti. 

 Pedes postici sat longi ; tibiis quadrispinosis. Al anticae sat anguste?, 

 apices versus reticulata?, abdomen superantes. Alae posticae longiores. 



Male. Body fusiform, toroentose. Head as broad as the fore border 

 of the prothorax, prominent between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes 

 small, slightly elongated, narrowest in front. Ocelli approximate, the 

 middle one in advance of the others. Third joint of the maxillary palpi 

 slightly securiform, longer than the second. Antennae very slender, about 

 thrice the length of the body. Prothorax broader than long, narrower in 

 front, directly decumbent beyond the ridges; sides slightly rounded. Cerci 

 shorter than the abdomen. Anterior legs short, stout. Hind legs mode- 

 rately long ; tibiae with four slender spines on each side ; tarsi of the usual 

 form. Fore wings rather narrow, extending somewhat beyond the abdo- 

 men, irregularly reticulated beyond the tympanum ; subcostal space broad, 

 reticulated towards the base, where the' oblique veins are most slanting. 

 Hind wings extending rather beyond the fore wings. 



The tympanum is smaller than that of the two preceding genera, and 

 the vein across the middle of it is forked. 



1. MADASUMMA VENTEALIS. 



Mas. Pulva, flavo bivittata ; ocelli lutei ; antenna ferruginea ; femora 

 postica strigas obliquis obscurioribus ; alee anticce pallide cinerece, 

 testaceo venosce. 



Male. Tawny, with two yellow stripes which extend from the hind 

 borders of the eyes along the keels of the prothorax and of the fore wings 

 as far as the tympanum. Eyes piceous. Ocelli luteous. Antenna? ferru- 

 ginous. Hind femora, with oblique darker streaks on th,e outer side. Fore 

 wings pale cinereous ; veins testaceous ; subcostal space pellucid. Length 

 of the body 7\ lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Eeid's collection. 



rr. Prolhorax much broader than the head. 

 Genus 21. LOBEDA. 



Max. Corpus planum, nitens,subovale. Caput parvum. Oculi parvi, 

 subprominuli. Palporum articulus 3us subsecuriformis. Antennae gracil- 

 lima?, corpore triplo longiores. Prothorax, antice angustus, postice latus, 

 margine postico convexo. Cerci gracillimi, brevissimi. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibise posticae iitrinque trispinosae. Alae anticae latiuscula?, abdominis api- 

 cem attingentes, perparum retieulatae, tympano non intersecto, vena medi- 

 astinali subareuata, spatio subcostali angusto vepis obliquis nullis. Alae 

 posticae nullse ? 



Male. Body depressed, shining, nearly oval. Head very small, about 

 one-third of the breadth of the hind part of the prothorax, not prominent 

 in front. Eyes small, slightly prominent. Third joint of the maxillary 

 palpi slightly securiform. Antennse very slender, about thrice the length 

 of the body. Prothorax not broader than long, much narrower in front, 

 its fore border about one-third of the breadth of its hind border, which is 



