Vol IV.] [No. L 



NOTICE OF A NEW INDIAN HOMOPTERON/ 



By G. B. BUCKTON. 

 TRIBE TETTIGIDyE. 



Family Fulgorid^, Burm. 

 Assamia dentata^ n, sp. 



PLATE I. 



Generic characfer.—FsiCe with three keels, the central keel passing 

 over the vertex. Antenna second joint globular, ending with a 

 fine seta and placed below the eyes. Thorax large and corrugated. 

 Abdomen short and stout, deeply ringed, and ending with a complete 

 pygofer. Legs long, the hind tibiae crowned at the lower ends with 

 leaf-like spurs. Tarsi three-jointed, last joint furnished with two 

 claws and bristles. Wings voluminous and prettily clouded with 

 brown. Costal edges of both elytra and wings, with a row of fine 

 teeth. Venation of wings peculiar and represented in figures 2 and 3. 



Rostrum long and cylindrical, containing three bristles. 



A. dentata. — Body shining black, wings brocaded with brown j 

 legs, part of the abdominal rings and antennae yellow. Pygofer of 

 ^ complex. 



Expanse of imago, 14 millemetres. 

 Attacks the leaves of Palm tree. 

 Dibrugarh, Assam. 



Explanation of drawings. 



Fig. I.— The imago which shows the long clypius and also the 



form of the pygofer in profile. 

 Figs. 2 and 3. — The elytron and lower wing with hooks. 

 Fig, 4.— Head showing antennae («), clypius with keels (^), and 



rostrum at [f). 

 Fig, 5. — Lower end of tibia and tarsus of hind leg. 



^ [The specimens from which this species is described were forwarded to the 

 Museum by Rev. C. Dowding, Chaplain of Dibrugarh, Assam, who found them in 

 considerable numbers on the under-side of the leaves of a kind of palm tree, — Ed.'\ 



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