192 ADDENDA. — LYG.?:iD.E. 



very narrowly of that colour; seutellum black ; corium dull pale 

 Dchraeeous, darker centrally and on apical area, the lateral margin 

 paler, a prominent white spot near each inner angle ; membrane 

 picecus ; bodv beneath black; legs ochraceous, femora (excluding 

 apices) a little darker; head acuminate, the central lobe promi- 

 nently produced ; antennte black, the basal joint and a spot near 



Fig. 87. — Appolotiius picturatus. 



base of second joint pale ochraceous; the whole upper surface 

 thicklv finely punctate, the scutellum somewhat rugose. 



Length 4-5 milliin. 



Hah. South India ; Chikkaballapura and Kodaikanal ; Nilgiri 

 Hills, Lovedale {T. V. Camphcll). 



Genus LOCUTIUS, nov. 



Type, L. atratus, Dist. 



Distrihution. South India. 



Head short and broad, much broader than long, anteriorly 

 ■obtusely acuminate; antennje finely pilose, with the second joint 

 longest, third and fourth subequal in length ; pronotum a little 

 broader at base than long, anterior lobe longest and somewhat 

 convexly elevated, posterior lobe coarsely punctate, lateral mar- 

 gins slightly convex, anterior margin concave; scutellum trian- 

 gular ; membrane rudimentary and not reaching abdominal npex 

 in type, in a second species almost fully developed : anterior 

 femora globosely incrassate, anterior tibiae slightly curved, all 

 the tibiae moderately spinulo«e. 



I place this genus near Bosbequius (vol. ii, p. 6-1). 



3787. Locutius atratus, sp. n. 



Shining black above, the ])osterior area of the pronotum and 

 the corium inclining to very dark castaueous ; body beneath 

 black ; legs ochraceous, femora (excluding apices) darker in hue ; 



