LIST OP HOIIOPTEROUS INSIXTS. 



26. Flatoidks truncatus, Mas. 



Fulvus ; frons carinalus ; mesnlhorax ferrugineits ; abdomen lu- 

 teum; pedes fulvi ; ata anticte subfulvce, apice trancaUe ; ala 

 poslicce subtimpidic, apice fusca. 

 Body tawny, darker here and there : head a little narrower than 

 the chest ; crown conical, slightly concave ; front much longer than 

 broad, widening from the crown to the epistoma where it is rounded, 

 simonnded by a rim, and having a slight middle ridge ; epistoma 

 lanceolate: eyes striped: fore-chest convex in front, slightly concave 

 behind ; its breadth nearly lour times its length : middle-chest fer- 

 ruginous, more than twice the length of the fore-chest: abdomen 

 luteons, obconical, not longer than the chest: sexual apparatus con- 

 sisting of two curved appendages whose tips cross each other; the 

 lower one compressed, deep, grooved ; the upper one longer and more 

 slender: legs tawny: fore-wiugs truncate at the lips, pale lawny; 

 veins darker, very numerous towards the tips ; a row of very short 

 oblique parallel cross-veins along the fore border : hind-wings almost 

 colourless, brown towards the tips ; veins brown, tawny at the base. 

 Length of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 

 a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



27. Flatoides basalis, Mas. 



Testaeeiis, sal latus ; frons won carinaius ; thoriix ferrugineus ; ab- 

 domen luletim ; pedes fulvi ; alie aiitiva subfulva, basi pieeo 

 Irimnculatce ; alee posticee subvineretc. 

 Body testaceous, rather broad: head as broad as the chest : 

 crown extremely short, channelled across, its breadth more than 

 eight times its length ; front flat, smooth, nearly square, not ridged ; 

 epistoma triangular: chest ferruginous: fore-chest arched, more 

 than twice the length of the crown ; its breadth more than .four 

 times its length : middle-chest much more than twice the length of 

 the fore-chest: abdomen obconical, Inteous, not longer than the 

 chest: the lateral plates at the tip with black edges; lower middle 

 appendage serrated : legs tawny : fore-wings pale tawny ; three 

 pitchy spots near the base of each ; veins tawny, very numerous ; a 

 row of rather long slightly oblique parallel cross-veins along the fore 

 border: hind-wings pale gray; veins brown. Length of the body 

 \\ lines; of the wings 6 lines. 

 a. ? From Mr. Birch's collection. 



