468 APPENWX. — COREID.E. 



third and fourth suhequal in length ; antenna? with the first joint 

 about as long as the pronotum, second longer than first, third 

 about as long as first and longer than fourth. 



Length 15» to 21 niilliiu. 



Hah. Assam {Badghy, Brit. 2Ins.); Upper Burma (Binf/Jiam, 

 Brit. Mus.). — Java {Brit. Mas.). 



A species in this enumeration to be placed near II. graminis, 

 Fabr. (vol. i, p. 363). 



2747. Homceocerus badgleyi, sp. u. 



Head and antennfe black ; apical joint of antennae, antenniferous 

 tubercles, and a discontinuous transverse fascia at the region of 

 the ocelli obscure ochraceous ; pronotum and scutellum black, the 

 first with two large dull ochraceous spots near anterior margin ; 

 corium piceous-brown, the extreme base of costal margin ochra- 

 ceous ; membrane bronzy-ochraceous ; connexivum ochraceous ; 

 head beneath and sternum black ; rostrum, a short curved line on 

 each lateral area of prosternum, lateral and anterior margino of 

 meso- and raetasterna, trochanters, and abdomen beneath dull 

 ochraceous, the latter with a broad, central, longitudinal piceous 

 fascia; anterior legs piceous, bases and apices of the tibiae and the 

 tarsi testaceous (intermediate and posterior legs mutilated in type) ; 

 head finely thickly punctate, central lobe apically deflected between 

 the lateral lobes, finely centrally linearly sulcate ; antennae with 

 the first joint incrassate, only a little longer than fourth, second 

 longest, third longer than either first or fourth ; rostrum about 

 or almost reaching the intermediate coxae, third joint slightly shorter 

 than fourth which has its apex black, first not passing eyes, second 

 not quite reaching anterior coxae ; pronotum thickly coarsely 

 punctate and granulose, the lateral margins obliquely sinuate, the 

 posterior angles subprominent, an indistinct, central, longitudinal, 

 carinate line ; scutellum coarsely punctate and granulose ; corium 

 finely punctate, the clavus more strongly so ; apex of abdomen very 

 slightly passing the apex of membrane ; sternum coarsely punctate. 



Length 134 millim. 



Hah. Assam (W. F. Badgley, Brit. 21 ns.). 



The JN'atiouai collection contains a single example of this 

 distinctly marked species. 



Genus ASCHISTUS. (A^ol. I, p. 369.) 



2748. Aschistus nepalensis, sp. n. 



Head above, pronotum, scutellum and corium obscure dull ochra- 

 ceous, very thickly darkly punctate ; pronotum with the lateral 

 margins and a central longitudinal line, apex of scutellum, and 

 about basal halves of lateral margins to corium stramineous, 

 levigate ; membrane bronzy with f ust-ous sufl'usions ; body beneath 

 and legs pale ochraceous, the sternum with a slight virescent tint ; 



