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CATALOGUE OF 
31. IsCHNODEMUS CENTRALIS. 
Mas et foem. Niger, planus, angustus ; rostrum coxas anticas altingens ; 
anlennce breves, articulo lo to to 2oque basi fulvis ; prothorax longi- 
trorsum unistriatus, fascia punctata, lateribus rotundatis ; pedes fulvi, 
breves, femoribus incrassatis ; alee anticce breves, basi macula discali 
margineque inlerrupto albis. 
Male and female. Black, flat, shining, smooth, narrow, linear. Head 
small, transverse, as broad as the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes 
slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to the fore coxte. Antennae 
slender, less than one-third of the length of the body ; first joint tawny; 
second much longer than the first, lawuy towards the base ; third shorter 
than the second; fourth longer than the second. Prothorax elougate, 
much narrower in front, rounded on each side, with a slight longitudinal 
impressed line and a slight transverse impressed line, the latter adjoining 
the fore side of a finely punctured band. Legs tawny, short; femora 
incrassated. Wings a little more or less than half the length of the body. 
Fore wings white at the base, with a white spot in the disk and with a 
white border which is interrupted on the costa. Length of the body 2^ — 3 
lines. 
a, b. Ceylon. From Mr. Janson’s collection 
32. ISCIINODEMUS PUNCTATUS. 
Niger, planus , linearis, longissimus ; caput parvum, lobo medio prominulo ; 
rostrum coxas anticas altingens ; anlennce breves ; prothorax transverse 
subsulcalus, lateribus anticis rotundatis, fascia postica rude punctata, 
margins poslico cxcavato ; femora quatuor posteriora incrassata; 
femora antiea valcle incrassata, sublus denticulata ; alee breves; 
corium album, nigro venosum el unislrigatum ; membrana basi 
margineque albis. 
Black, very long, narrow, linear. Head small, transverse, very finely 
punctured, as broad as the fore border of the prothorax; middle lobe 
prominent. Eyes slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to the fore 
coxa). Antenua) slender, less than one-fourth of the length of the body; 
first joint stout; second twice the length of the first; third much shorter 
than the second; fourth elongate-fusiform, a little longer than the second. 
Prothorax elongate, rounded on each side in front, with a slight transverse 
middle furrow ; fore part finely punctured ; a coarsely-punctured band 
adjoining the hind side of the furrow; hind border excavated in the 
middle. Legs short; four hinder femora incrassated; fore femora much 
incrassated, denticulated beneath. Wings much shorter than the abdomen. 
Corium of the fore wings white, with black veins, and with a black streak 
which extends from the disk to the exterior border; membrane white at the 
base and with a white border. Length of the body 5 lines. 
a. North Hindustan. From Capt. Boyes’ collection. 
