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well developed, very thin, linear ; hind angle of metazona straight, rounded ; 
lateral lobes about as long as high, strongly widened upwards, their fore margin 
slightly sinuate, lower margin oblique and very feebly sinuate in the fore part, 
hind margin very oblique, almost straight ; hind angle obtuse, rounded ; prozona 
in lateral lobes more than twice as long as metazona. Prosternum with its 
fore margin produced in a large, trapezoidal collar, widened and slightly bi- 
sinuate apically, with outer angles a httle less than 90°. Pectus very broad ; 
mesosternal lobes trapezoidal, a httle broader than long, with inner and hind 
margins straight, inner angles sharp, about 90° ; mesosternal interspace broader 
than long ; metasternal lobes extremely short, their interspace equal in breadth 
to the mesosternal one. Tympanum very large, oval. Fore and middle tibiae 
armed with 2-3 small spines both on outer and inner side near the apex. Hind' 
femora rather short, thick, with upper carina denticulate ; lower carina not 
widened, almost straight. Hind tibiae shghtly incurved and widened towards 
the apex, with 9 inner and 8 outer spines, without subapical spine on the outside ; 
outer spures twice as short as the inner ones. Elytra just a httle longer than 
abdomen, coriaceous, rugose, with the fore margin gradually rounded, hind 
margin almost straight, apex vddely rounded ; veins rather irregular, sinuate ; 
prc -radial area broad ; discoidal area open with an irregular intercalate vein ; 
anterior ulnar vein straight, reaching the apex of elytra ; anal area almost 
equal in breadth to one half of the whole elytra. Wings shorter than elytra, 
circular. 
Genotype : Jranella eremiaphila, sp. n. 
36. Iranella eremiaphila, sp. n. 
d : Greyish ochraceous, rvith whitish and grey marks. Elytra beneath with 
several confluent round black spots in the pre -radial area and four smaller and 
lighter coloured ones in discoidal area ; all these spots are shghtly conspicuous 
(grey) on the upper side ; the hind radial and humeral veins, as well as all trans- 
verse venules of the anal field bluish-black on the lower side, but not distinctly 
coloured on the upside of elytra ; hind femora shghtly rose in the basal half of 
the inner side, with two scarcely perceptible greyish transverse fasciae in area 
extreno-media ; knees grey. Hind tibiae bluish-grey in the basal half, shghtly 
i-ose apicaUy, with spines sanguineous, black tipped. 
Length of body . . . . . . . . 15 mm. 
,, pronotum . . . . . . . . 5, 5 
,, elytra . . . . . . . . 11 
Maximal width of elytra . . . . . . 5 
Length of hind femur . . . . . . . . 10 
The type of this striking insect is unique. It has been taken by P. Paschen 
in Abadeh, Persia, vh-vih, 1916. 
This insect somewhat resembles Sphingonotus in the shape of the head 
and pronotum, but the disc of the latter is intersected by four sulci ; short 
elytra and wings give it a general appearance quite unlike any other genus of 
(Edipodince. The black spots on the underside of el3rtra remind one of the Jlantid 
genus Eremiaphila ; their biological meaning is quite incomprehensible without 
a careful study of the biology of the insect in its natural surroundings. 
37. CEdipoda gratiosa, Serv. — Persia ; Abadeh, vii-viii. 16, P. Paschen 
(Bombay N. H. Society). 
38. Acrotyltjs longipes, Charp. — Arabia : Muscat, Id, A. S. J. Jayakar 
(British Museum). 
39. Acrotylus instjbricus, Scop.^ — Persia : Abadeh, vii-viii, 16, P. Paschen 
(Bombay N. H. Society). 
40. Tmethis cisti, F.- — Syria : A1 eppo, F. G. Aldous (British Museum). 
41. Tmethis .saussurei, Uvar., ab. violacea, n.— Differs from the typical 
blue-winged form only by the violaceous colour of wings, all morphological 
