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2400. Idiocerus clypealis. Leth. J. A. S. B. Iviii, p. 252 (1889) ; 

 Atkins. Lid. Mus. Notes, i, no. i, p. 5 (1889) ; id. torn. cit. 

 no. IV, p. 187 (1891). 

 Idiocerus nigroclypeatiis, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 148, t. v, 

 f. 1, a, b (1903). 



Head, pronotum and scutellum flavescent ; vertex with two 

 black spots on anterior margins wliich are, however sometimes 

 absent ; face immaculate or with two small black median spots ; 

 clypeus flavescent with a central longitudinal black fascia, this also 

 is sometimes absent ; scutellum with an obtusely triangular black 



Fig. Vll. — Idiucerus clypealis. 



spot near each basal angle ; tegmiua very pale ochraceous, the 

 veins concolorous, the posterior costal area broadly hyaline ; body 

 beneath and legs pale yellow, a somewhat large black spot on each 

 side of prosternum. 



Length 3| to 4 millim. 



Hah. Bengal; Calcutta {Ind. Mus.); Pusa {Lefroi/); Madras 

 (IIus. Hongrois). (Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green), Colombo {fide 

 Melichar). 



Although this small species is not always to be distinguished by 

 the markings of the clypeus as the experience of Lethierry 

 compelled him to assume, it is in its other markings clearly 

 recognizable. 



2401. Idiocerus scutellatus, sp. n. 



Vertex, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; basal margin of 

 scutellum united with a triangular spot at each basal angle, black ; 

 head beneath and clypeus ochraceous, the latter with a black spot ; 

 body beneath and legs ochraceous ; a black spot on each side of 

 sternum between the anterior and intermediate coxae and a 



