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long, the lateral margins oblique and nearly straight, the posterior 

 margin also nearly straight; scutellum small, triangular, its basal 

 margin considerably longer than tlie lateral margins ; tegmina 

 broad, distinctly widened near middle. 



Allied to TamUla, from which it differs by the large cepbalic 

 vertex, shorter pronotum, broader scutellum, &c. 



3526. Malichus capitatus, sp. n. 



Vertex of [head pale ochraceous with some pale testaceous 

 maculate markings, especially near the anterior margin ; pronotum 

 and tegmina dark brownish, the anterior area of the pronotum some- 

 what pale ochraceous, lateral apical areas of the tegmina tinged 

 with grevish white ; scutellum dull ochraceous, mottled with 



Fig. 10. — Malichus capitatus. 



brownish ; face reddish-ochraceous, broadly apically ochraceous, 

 and submarginally broadly black, the clypeus also black ; body 

 beneath and legs more or less ochraceous, bases of the femora 

 black ; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length inch tegm. 7 millim. 



Huh. Ceylon ; Feradeniya {Bainhrigge Fletcher — Pusa Coll.). 



Genus NEODARTUS. (Vol. IV, p. 240.) 



Neodaktus acocephaloides. (Vol. IV, p. 2-16.) 

 Add : Hah, Bengal ; Calcutta, Katihar. 



Neodaetus scutellatus. (Vol. IV, p. 246.) 



Add: Hah. 8outh India; Coinibatore Chikkaballapura {T. F. 

 Camjjhell). 



