482 APPENDIX. COREID^. 



posterior femora with a distinct pale aunulation before the black 

 apex ; tibia) finely darkly spinulose. 



Length 9 milliin. 



Hah. Ceylon (Green.) 



Mr. Green sent me a single example of this distinctly marked 

 species. 



Genus BABARANUS, nov. 



Type, B. ornatulus, Dist. 



Distribution. Assam, Tenasserim. 



Head as long as pronotum, eyes situate nearer base than apex ; 

 ocelli central, contiguous, about midway between eyes and base ; 

 antennae inserted at a little nearer eyes than apex, slender, first, 

 second and third joints nearly equal in length, fourth longest ; 

 rostrum with the first joint about or almost reaching base of head, 

 second joint longest, about as long as third and fourth together, 

 fourth reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotum a little narrowed 

 anteriorly, the anterior area with two transverse impressions 

 enclosing a convex area on v.-hich are two short erect spines, lateral 

 angles produced in horizontal spines, anterior margin truncately 

 rounded, posterior margin slightly sinuated before scutellum on 

 each side of which it is slightly posteriorly lobed ; scutellum slightly 

 gibbous, subcordate in shape and with a somewhat long erect 

 spine near apex ; abdomen sinuately narrowed near base, its apex 

 shortly spined on each side, the connexivum erectly reflexed, thus 

 giving the discal surface a concave appearance ; corium a little 

 shorter than the membrane, its posterior angles much elongated ; 

 membrane reaching the abdomnial apex, the veins oblique, not 

 prominent ; incisure between pro- and mesosterna very profound ; 

 mesosternum centrally longitudinally sulcate ; legs long, slender, 

 finely spinulose, femora only very slightly thickened, posterior 

 tibiae a little curved, as long as the femora, posterior tarsi with the 

 basal joint a little longer than the two remaining joints together. 



2764. Babaranus ornatulus, sp. n. 



Head dull pale ochraceous, two longitudinal lines on anterior 

 area, a small spot on disk, two longitudinal lines on basal area 

 obliquely branching on each side, and the lateral margins, piceous 

 or black ; antennae piceous, first joint (excluding apex), narrow 

 bases to second and third joints and broad base to fourth joint 

 pale ochraceous ; pronotum ochraceous, very thickly darkly punc- 

 tate, the area between the t\AO anterior transverse impressions 

 almost impunctate, convex, and provided with two long erect spines 

 which are ochraceous with their apices piceous, the lateral margins 

 and the posterior angular spines black, the posterior slightly lobed 

 margin on each side of scutellum very pale ochraceous ; scutellum 

 ochraceous with an obscure dark central longitudinal line ; corium 

 ochraceous with coarse dark punctures between the prominent 



