berytiu.t:. ^ '"-^ 



posterior nmrgiu of corium, black • membrane ^^0'^^^ > ^^^^^^^^^^ 

 imrrowly black at base and near eacb apical area ot tbe couum , 

 body beneath and legs ocbraceous ; apices of t.b,a3 and arsi-more 

 or less-black; antenna, with the second and third jcnts 

 subequal in length, apical joint distinctly thickened. 

 Length 9 milhm. 



Hah N. India; Kumaou, Shamkhet. . , • • . p 



Allied to T. h>,oscya.a, Linn., but with the apical jomt of 



the antenna shoi^Lrmul more distinctly thickened, second and 



bird ioints almost subequal in length ; the black markings 



of the under surface in T. hyoscyann practically absent in 



T. diluta ; markings above different. 



Family BERYTID^. 



(Vol. I, p. 421 & Vol. IV, p. 487.) 



Genus TAPROBANUS. 



Taprobanus, Dist. Entomologist, xliv, pp. ^24 & 105 (1911). 



Type, T. gmvehji, Dist. 



Distribution. Cevlon. . c 



Bod long and- narrow; posterior femora passnig apex of 

 abdomen- heinelytra shorter than abdomen ; head longer 

 'tlnn brJad, deflected and narrowed anteriorly, moderately 

 Sobose ocelli at a short distance from hase, nearer lateral 

 'nar'hts%ta to each other; eyes about ""dway from base to 

 Tex antenna, with the flrst joint longest a little shorter han 

 te body its apex slightly incrassated, second a little longer than 

 tlird fourth short aSd moderately incrassated; pronotum about 

 one and a half times as long as head, distinctly transversely 

 hnnressed and narrowed at about one-third irom anterior in argm, 

 xXtnn. two-thirds moderately convex and disinctly declivous 

 hZ^hX the lateral margins a little rounded, basal margin 



•nncate anterior margin moderately convex; scutellum longer 

 ha tr'oad ; hemelyt^a extending to about tlie base of the 



i?!r!^'::i::Sa-i-^^r=^ 



with the tibia, distinctly longer than femora. 



3755 Taprobanus gravelyi, Dist. Entomologist, xliv, p. 25 (1911). 

 ciV,inino- ocbraceous ; apical joint of antennae black, its apex 

 I whi?e head smooth, glabrous ; eyes black ; pronotum. 

 Sill?: coi^'ely punctate, thelinterior area elevated, depressed 



