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between the eyes, the lateral and apical margins ridged and 

 also strongly centrally longitudinally carinate, finely trans- 

 versely impressed before eyes and obliquely impressed on 

 each side of ocelli, which are placed close together at about 

 one-fourth from base, divided by the central longitudinal 

 ridge; face very prominent, slightly compressed, convexly 

 deflected downwards to an obtuse point, below which it is 

 obliquely continued to the clypeus, which reaches the ante- 

 rior coxae ; rostrum about reaching the intermediate coxae ; 

 pronotum more or less broadly obtusely ridged between the 

 posterior angles and then deflected towards the head, centrally 

 finely longitudinally carinate, the anterior margin straight, 

 the anterior lateral margins oblique, the posterior lateral 

 margins concavely obliquely sinuate, the posterior margin 

 strongly concavely sinuate before the scutellum, which is 

 about as long as broad at base, the apex longly attenuate ; 

 legs somewhat robust, posterior tibiae with a prominent spine 

 beyond middle and a smaller spine near base ; tegmina a 

 little more than twice as broad as long, their costal margins 

 convex, their apices I'ounded, the veins on apical area reticu- 

 late and very prominent; posterior tarsi very long, the basal 

 joint slightly shorter than second and third joints together. 



Type, M. indicata, Dist. 



The structure of the vertex and face is the principal 

 char cteristic of this genus ; looking at the vertex from an 

 oblique position, the base of the face is distinctly visible 

 above. 



Mahanarva indicata, sp. n. 



Vertex, pronotum, scutellum, face, sternum, and legs very 

 dark olivaceous ; ocelli, base of rostrum, coxae, extreme 

 bases and apices of femora, apices of tibiae, basal joint of 

 posterior tarsi, and all tbe claws sanguineous ; abdomen 

 above very dark purplish red, beneath piceous, both surfaces 

 more or less cretaceously tomentose ; tegmina pale chocolate- 

 brown, a narrow, obscure, paler, short longitudinal streak at 

 base and two small sanguineous spots on apical area (one 

 near costal the other near inner margin) ; wings pale fuligi- 

 nous, tbe veins piceous, the extreme base sanguineous, out- 

 wardly suffused with black ; vertex, pronotum, and scutellum 

 thickly, finely, ochraceously pilose, vertex and pronotum 

 thickly punctate, the latter centrally, longitudinally, finely, 

 and somewhat obscurely carinate, with two foveate spots on 

 each side of disk, between and a little in front of which are 

 two contiguous, transverse, short impressions ; seutellum 



