840 CATALOGUE OF 



3. SCELYMENA TTNCINATA. 



Telrix (Scelimena) uncinata, Serv. Hist. Orth. 763. 

 Hindostan. 



4. SCELYMENA HEXODON. 



Acridium (Tetrix) hexodon, Haan> Verz. Gesch. Ned, Ind. Bez. Ins. 163. 

 Sakoembang. 



5. SCELYMENA BISPINOSA. 



Acridium (Tetrix) bispinosum, Dalm. Anal. Ent. 86. Haan, Verz. Gesch. 



Ned. Lnd. Bez. Ins. 169. 

 Sumatra. Borneo. Japan. Two species? 



6. SCELYMENA GAVIALIS. 



Gavialis, Sauss. A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. i. 485. 

 Ceylon. 



7. SCELYMENA CrOCODILUS. 



Scelymena (Gavialidium) Crocodilus, Sauss. A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. i. 481. 

 Ceylon. 



8. Scelymena Alligator. 

 Scelymena (Gavialidium) Alligator, Sauss. A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. i. 483. 

 Ceylon. 



9. Scelymena nodosa. 



Fcem. Nigricans; oculi albidi, valde prominuli ; prothorax subtri- 

 carinatus, lateribus dilatatis fulvis unispinosis, margine antico albido, 

 postice lanceolaliis, abdomen longissime superans ; pedes sat graciles, 

 femoribus dentatis, tarsis posticis basi tibiisque posticis membrana 

 albida perangusta marginatis, tarsis posticis albido fasciatis ; alee 

 posticce cinerea, margine exteriore nigricante. 



Female. Blackish, slender. Head very short, much narrower than 

 the prothorax, with a slight keel, which is looped on the protuberance 

 between the sockets of the antennae and is forked towards the face. Eyes 

 whitish, very prominent. Antennae very slender. Prothorax dilated and 

 armed with a tawny horizontal spine on each side, with a whitish fore 

 border, with strongly-marked transverse impressed lines and with a very 

 slight dorsal keel ; lateral keels very slight, abbreviated towards the fore 

 border, converging towards the tip ; hind part lanceolate, very slender, 

 extending for full half its length beyond the tip of the abdomen. Legs 

 rather slender; femora with a few teeth beneath; hind tibiae and first joint 

 of hind tarsi with a very uarrow whitish membrane on each side; hind 

 tarsi with a whitish band. Fore wings rudimentary, with whitish tips. 

 Hind wings cinereous, with a black costal stripe and with a blackish 

 festooned exterior border. Length of the body 12 lines ; expansion of the 

 hind wings 21 lines. 



