138 TEKRESTKIAI, FAMII.IKS Ol' IIF.M ll'TKKA-l I KTKUOITr.UA 



cornis (.Fieb.) of this species by its almost uniform clytral C(jloration and curved orifice of 

 the odoriferous gland. From the other species included in this section it is also distinguished 

 by the different proportions of the antennal joints. Poppius (1909) has described two 

 members of this group, viz., anmdipcs and indicus from Darjeeling, l)ut these appear to be 

 normally coloured memljers of the genus witli black or annulatcd femora {vide Distant, 1909, 

 figs. 166, 167). The almost complete suppression of all but the outer membranal veins 

 suggests Conipsobiella Poppius (1909) but the present species shows none of the other char- 

 acters of this Central .\frican insect and a somewhat similar rcductinn is found in the species 

 of the sylvcstris group. 



Family MIRIDAE 



Subfamily Duvi'Iiinak 



Triljc Dicypluiria 



10. Dicyphus physochlaenae sp. n. 



Plead black, tlic inner Ijorder of the eyes margined witii }-eIl(iw which spreads out 

 towards the central black area of the vertex from tlie postero-internal angle of the eye, centre 

 of frons with a longitudinal yellow stripe w^hich spreads anteriorly to the bases of the 

 antennae, vertex with two submarginal yellow spots posteriorly (Plate X, fig. 9). Pronotum 

 grey, with a transverse stripe across the calli and subapical fossa piceous lihick, tiie stripe 

 interrupted l)y a longitudinally elongated yellow spot between the calli but uninterru])ted more 

 anteriorly, grey part behind median fossa with an anterior median yellow sjiot narrowly 

 connected with the spot between the calli, outer part of calli marked with brownish yellow. 

 Scutellum black, basal angles narrowly orange, apical half of margins w^ith greyish yellow 

 vittae wliich become obsolete towards the posterior angle. Ventral surface black. Antennae 

 witii first joint black, very narrowly greyish yellow at the extreme base and apex, second 

 joint black, very narrowly greyish yellow at the base and witii a conspicuous yellow band 

 occupying its central quarter, third joint black, a little paler basally, fourth joint brown. 

 Rostrum yellow, base of second and third and whole of fourth joint black. Coxae yellow 

 with black bases, femora yellow heavily spotted with black, dorsally tibiae yellow with tiie 

 extreme base brown and with al)out five brown (anterior) or black (intermediate and pos- 

 terior) spots on the postero-dorsal part of the proximal third, first and second tarsal joints 

 yellow and the third black ; all tiljiae armed with fine black spines. Elytra hyaline, greyish, 

 with the apex of the cuneus piceous, membrane very transparent, greyish, its nerves yellowish 

 grey suffused with brown. 



Head transverse, rather less than one and a half times as wide as long (0.60 mm., 

 0.44 mm.), evenly rounded and little produced anteriorly alxive clypeus, the latter in lateral 

 view with its anterior margin straight ventrally, in its dorsal third rather suddenly rounded 

 to meet its dorsal suture with the frons, gula longer than bucculae and slightly sinuate. 



Antennae fairly thick, first joint surpassing a|)cx of head 1iy about three-quarters of 

 its length, and about two-thirds the length of the head from above, second joint twice as long 

 as the first, third joint just over two-thirds the length of the second, fourth about two-thirds 

 the length of the third, second joint distally about twice as thick as proximally, but through- 

 out slightly narrower than the first (head length 0.44 mm., antennae 0.25, 0.51, 0.36, 

 0.25 mm.). 



