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nymphs are rather long legged and ornamented with conspicuous 

 tapering spines [fig. if]. This species has been described in detail 

 by Mr Heidemann as follows : 



Adult. Body short, oval in the female, more elongate in the 

 male, shining black; membranous parts of pronotum and integu- 

 ment of elytra pale yellowish, semitranslucent, nervures yellowish. 

 Head rather small, black, with three white frontal spines, two ap- 

 proaching each other, the middle one comparatively stouter; be- 

 sides, there are two other more slender spines extending from 

 behind the eyes towards front. Antennae long, finely pilose, yellow- 

 ish, the tips infuscated; two basal joints slightly thicker than the 

 following ones, first joint twice the length of second, third a little 

 more than three times as long as fourth. Bucculae yellowish, nar- 

 row, angulate and broader behind, the edge upturned a little. Pro- 

 notum transverse, feebly convex, coarsely punctured, and shining 

 black; in fresh specimens the sides of pronotum are covered with 

 a whitish film that also extends toward the underside at the 

 sternum. Hood not much inflated, cristate and slightly tapering 

 towards front; covering the head, except the eyes, with quite large 

 areoles at the sides near top and a few smaller ones at lower part. 

 The three pronotal carinae yellowish, the median one strongly 

 foliaceous, as high as crest of hood, rounded on top and slowly 

 declining towards apex of the triangular posterior portion of pro- 

 notum, with a row of long, large areoles of which the middle ones 

 are divided by a few cross nervures and embrowned ; outer carinae 

 very low, only half as long as the median carina, extending from 

 base of hood to sides of pronotal portion posteriorly; the triangu- 

 lar part of pronotum rather short, yellowish and finely reticulated; 

 membranous pronotal margins strongly rounded behind, reflexed, 

 widening moderately at sides, narrowing toward the neck and 

 reaching the lower part of hood close to the eyes, with two or three 

 rows of average-sized areoles. Elytra ovate, iridescent, extending 

 one half their length beyond abdomen, a little less in the male; 

 strongly rounded from base to apex, broadest behind the middle; 

 discoidal area pyriform and short, angularly raised at the outer 

 nervure, somewhat rounded at apex and broadly scooped out on 

 the upper surface, with three or four rows of quite large areoles 

 at the widest part. Subcostal area subvertical, wider than the dis- 

 coidal area, having about five rows of irregular small areoles, those 

 O'f the upper row much larger ; costal area broadly expanded, with 

 four or five rows of very large, more or less irregular areoles, 

 diminishing to three and two rows at base. Surface of elytra very 

 peculiarly undulated, with two transverse, sharp impressions, and 

 another at apex formed by the outer nervure of subcostal area; a 

 light transverse fascia on basal half. Median nervure of subcostal 

 area strongly sinuate towards tip of elytra ; sutural area at inner 

 part irregularly reticulated with rows of some extremely large 

 areoles. Entire margin of elytra, lateral margins of pronotum, 

 crest of hood, carinae, and most of the nervures beset closely with 



