18; APPENDIX. IjYGJEIDJE. 



and generally fii'st joint of autennre suffused pitchy-brown ; tegraina 

 extending to sixth abdominal segment, milk-white, towards costa 

 slightly yellowish, basal third of clavas, claval suture, as well as 

 inner principal vein, the membranal division and the whole terminal 

 half of corium, black ; in the membrane the following markings, 

 are milk-white — basal angle, sickle-shaped apical mark, as well as 

 a marginal spot on and behind the posterior angle of corium which 

 extends as a somewhat interrupted band in the interior of mem- 

 brane." (Breddin.) 



" Length 5^-6 millim." 



Bab. Ceylon; Kauthaley, Anuradhapura (Jrde Breddin). 



M. diluius was described from North India and Burma. The 

 variety? described by Breddin is from Ceylon. 



2790. Macropes leucoderma, Bredd. JDeutsch. ent. Zeitschr. 1907, 

 p. 46. 



" Deep black, shining, the punctate areas clothed with short 

 grey pile ; abdomen suffused pitchy-brown, the connexival border 

 and the area of ventral margin rusty-brown ; hind margin of 

 metapleura pale yellow towards outside ; hemelytra whitish, near 

 costa light ycUowisli ; clavus and a broad transverse band which 

 covers the tip and also the inner angle of membrane (about one- 

 third length of membrane) black, remainder of membrane uniform 

 milk-white ; terminal suture of olavus, legs and antennae rusty- 

 yellow ; femora (basally), sides of tibia3, and the third joint of 

 antennae, except the base, more or less brown, fourth antennal joint 

 black ; body narrow and delicate, head small, with the eyes little 

 more than half as broad as pronotum between the shoulders ; 

 pronotum produced, distinctly rather longer than broad, flattened, 

 pronotum proper nearly twice as long as the process, smooth, in 

 front finely punctured, on the sides finely wrinkled, in middle 

 without longitudinal furrow which is replaced by two approxi- 

 mating rows of fine points ; process of pronotum without re- 

 cognisable transverse impression, closely and finely wrinkled and 

 punctate, only its hinder area smooth, hinder margin smooth and 

 concave ; scutellum punctate, dull, with a rather broad, smooth, 

 middle keel ; hemelytra short, not reaching middle of dorsal surface 

 of abdomen, inner main vein of corium very near claval suture ; 

 third joint of antennae little shorter than second, fourth about one 

 and two-thirds as long as third." {Breddin.) 



Length " 4| millim." 



Hcd). Ceylon ; Bandarawella {fide Breddin). 



I have not seen this species. 



2791. Macropes sinhalanus, Kirk. Canad. Ent. xxxix, p. 332 (1907). 



" Black (shining on head and pronotum), with sparse, very pale 

 yellowish hairs ; apex of tylus and the first and second antennal 

 segments [^ joints] pale ochraceous, third and fourth dark fuscous ; 



