294 



JASSId. 



2542. Paramesus lineaticollis, sp. n. 



Vertex, pronotiim and scutellam ocliraceous ; vertex with an 

 iirciiated transverse black fascia bet\\eeu the eyes, behind the 

 fascia is a short medial incised dark line extending to base ;' 

 prouotum with five longitudinal narrow fasciae, the central 

 narrowest and darkest, those on each side paler, broader and 

 more brownish in hue; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; face 

 transversely brownly striate, medially longitudinally palely inter- 

 rupted, on each side of clypeus a pale elongate spot outwardly 

 margined with black; abdomen beneath with a marginal series 



Fig. 186.— ParciiKCSus UneaticoUis. 



of small piceous spots ; posterior tibioe streaked and spotted 

 with piceous ; tegmiua dull pale ochraceous, the veins very 

 prominent and much paler, a central prominent discal brown spot 

 sometimes preceded nearer base by one or two smaller and linear 

 dark spots ; vertex short, transverse, rounded anteriorly, about 

 three times as broad as long; face sub -convex; tibise lougly 

 spinulose. 



Length 5 to 6 millira. 



Hab. Bengal ; Pusa {Lefroy). 



Genus MEGABYZUS, nov. 



Type, M. signandus, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Vertex broad, about twice as broad between eyes as long, 

 convexly rounded i]i front of eyes, the posterior margin concave, 

 ocelli on anterior margin a short distance from eyes and above the 

 insertion of the antenna? ; face broad, about three times as long as 

 the clypeus, sinuate inside the antennal cavities, thence roundly 

 sinuate to clypeus ; eyes large, obliquely covering the anterior angles 

 of the pronotum ; pronotum longer than vertex, anteriorly 

 rounded, the lateral margins medially angulate, convexly deflected 



