CLORESMUS, 471 



equal in length, clothed with short, fine hairs, fourth joint slender, 

 about as long as either of the two preceding joints taken together ; 

 head thickly punctate except at inner margins of eyes ; rostrum 

 with the basal joint almost reaching the anterior coxfe, second joint 

 shorter than third and passing the anterior coxa), third and fourth 

 joints slender, fourth slightly passing the base of raesosternum ; 

 pronotuni thickly, fiuely rugulose, less so on the anterior marginal 

 area ; scutellum very thickly punctate and subrugulose ; corium 

 thickly punctate ; posterior femora elongate, only moderately 

 thickened, longitudinally spiued beneath, five of the spines being 

 somewhat long and prominent, anterior and intermediate femora 

 shortly spinous beneath ; tibiae sulcate. 



Length 19 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Kandy (6're(?«). 



This is the only species of the genus that 1 have at present 

 received from Ceylon. It is allied to N. meleagris, Fabr. (vol. i, 

 p. 371), but differs by the third joint of the antenna) being con- 

 colorous, not ochraceous at base as is generally the case in the 

 Fabrician species, anterior tibiae not ochraceous, basal joint of 

 rostrum much longer, &c. 



Genus CLORESMUS. (Vol. I, p. 373.) 



2752. Cloresmus similis, Ball. (Xematopus) List. Hem. ii, p. 425 



(18-52) ; Stal (Cloresnnis), Hn. Hem. iii, p. GG (1873). 



" This species is very nearly allied to C. nepalensis (vol. i, p. 373), 

 but has the antennae more slender, and \\ith the first three joints 

 pale fulvous (fourtli wanting) ; the lateral pieces of the anterior 

 projection of the head more distinctly separated from the central 

 piece ; the thorax shorter and with its anterior margin wider ; 

 and the apex of the abdomen of the same colour as the remainder." 

 (Dallas.) 



The fourth joint of the antennae is concolorous with the pre- 

 ceding joints, first joint a little shorter than the second, third 

 shortest, fourth longest ; rostrum with the first joint about reach- 

 ing base of head, second almost reaching anterior coxie. 



Length 14 millim. 



Bab. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty). — China {fide Still). 



The type of Dallas possesses no locality. 



2753. Cloresmus anteiinatus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum dark metallic olivaceous-green ; 

 antennae with the basal joint piceous, second and third joints 

 fuscous-brown, fourth joint pale ochraceous ; head beneath and 

 sternum dark metallic olivaceous-green ; rostrum, legs and abdo- 

 men beneath ochraceous ; posterior femora and tibiae more casta- 

 neous ; corium purplish-brown tinted with olivaceous, the costal 

 margin narrowly brownish-ochraceous, membrane bronzy-brown ; 

 head with the apices of the lateral lobes pointed but not projecting 



