70 APPENDIX. — JASSID.E. 



transversely impressed before middle ; sciitellum shorter than 

 pronotum, subtriangular, transversely impressed ; tegmina about 

 two and a halt times as long as broad, in 2 covering only three- 

 fourths of the abdomen, four apical and two subapical cells ; 

 posterior tibise finely, somewhat shortly spinulose. 



3598. Viridomarus capitatus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous, extreme apex of 

 vertex of head black; eyes pale castaneous ; body beneath (imper- 

 fectly seen in carded specimen) much suifused with black; femora 

 (excluding apices) black or blackish ; tibiae and tarsi ochraceous, 

 apices of posterior tibiae and the posterior tarsi more or less 

 black; tegmina very pale virescent ; other characters as in generic 

 diasfnosis. 



Fig. 37. — Jl)'ido//iaruA capitotua. 



Length 4| millim. 



Hah. South India ; Chikkaballapura (?'. V. CampheU). 



Genus BITUITUS. nov. 



Type, B. projectus, Dist. 



Distribution. South India. 



Head long and slender, twice as long as breadth between eyes, 

 laterally moderately emarginate, gradually narrowing to about 

 half its length and then more slenderly produced ; eyes long and 

 oblique, posteriorly projectiug over the lateral angles of the jjto- 

 notum ; face long and narrow, widened on posterior half ; pronotum 

 almost as long as broad at base, the anterior margin convex, the 

 lateral margins inwardly oblique from about half their length 

 towards scutellum, the disk longitudinally ridged, the base almost 

 truncate, very slightly concave; scutellum shorter than pronotum, 

 subtriangular, transversely ridged near middle ; tegmina about 

 four times as long as broad, three ajncal cells and two slender 

 subapical cells ; posterior tibia? finely and somewhat shortly 

 spinulose. 



