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SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
below with three acute lobes increasing in size toward the extre¬ 
mity, the lower carina at the apex acute ; posterior femora robust, 
rugose, armed with spines, the superior margin arcuate, denticu¬ 
late, posteriorly armed with a strong triangular genicular spine, a 
similar one just preceding but not quite so acute ; knee outwardly 
armed with two apical teeth, transverse ridges of external pagina 
with one small and two large spines, the latter having strong bases, 
the inferior margins crenate-dentate ; posterior tibial margins 
serrulate, armed with strong spines, the inner spines interrupted 
near the apex, the outer spines, above five, scattered ; first and 
third articles of posterior tarsi subequal in length, the first and 
second pulvilli acute. 
Length of body 9 mm.; post. fern. 4-75 mm. 
A single male from Kandy taken by Mr. Green “ on bungalow 
wall ” in August, 1903. 
An excellent figure of Cladonotus humbertianus , De Saussure, 
given by Bolivar (1887, plate I., fig. 10), drawn from the type offers 
an opportunity of comparing the species with the figure of this 
interesting species. The main difference lies in the form of the 
pronotal ramus, which is well characterized as before-mentioned 
in the key to the species. 
II.—Subtribe SCELMENIN/E. 
Gen. Scelimena , Serv., 1839. 
Plate I., figs. 5-5 c. 
Body sparsely granulate. Face moderately declivous ; antennae 
inserted distinctly below and in advance of the lower margin of 
the eyes; superior ocelli situated scarcely in front of the eyes ; 
frontal costa moderately divergent, compresso-elevated between 
the antennas. Vertex with an oblique car inula on each side. Eyes 
moderately exserted, higher than the vertex. Pronotum with the 
dorsum depressed ; posterior angles of the lateral lobes armed 
with an acute spine directed outwards. Elytra oblong ; wings 
perfectly explicate extending nearly to the pronotal apex. Femora 
narrow; the posterior femora more or less lobate; posterior- 
tibiae strongly ampliate towards the apex, margins laminate, inter¬ 
nal margin unarmed, external margin often furnished with small 
denticles ; first article of posterior tarsi laterally expanded. 
Members of this genus are amphibious in their habits as pre¬ 
viously described. 
Scelimena , Serville (1839). 
Scelimena , Bolivar (1887, p. 215). 
Seelymena, De Sauss. (1860, p. 480). 
Tettix, Stal (1875, p. 150). 
