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spot at the basal angles ; raeinbraue not passing the abdominal 

 apex. 



Length 2.j millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green), Nalanda {fide Bveddin). 



Breddin describes the corium as longer than in fallax and 

 nearly as long as the membrane in its longest extension ; this is 

 incorrect. 



Chmdiops has recently been found in the Ethiopian Region. 

 I have described a species from Calabar, and Eergroth informs 

 me that he possesses a species from Pemba Island. 



2810. Chauliops nigrescens, Bist. A.M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 328 (1909). 



Head pale castaneous brown, with an obscure darker longi- 

 tudinal fascia on each side between the bases of antennae and the 

 ocelli ; antennse pale ochraceous, the first and fourth joints 

 brownish ochraceous ; pronotum sordidly ochraceous, thickly 

 piceously punctate, a black subanterior marginal fascia (inter- 

 rupted at middle) and a pale central longitudinal line ; scutellum 

 pitchy-black ; corium sordidly ochraceous, the clavus and apical 

 area of corium pitchy-black ; membrane sordidly greyish, \\\t\\ 

 piceous suffusions ; connexivuin pale luteous, spotted with black ; 

 body beneath and legs dull black ; coxae, bases of femora, a broad 

 central annulation to tibiae, and the tarsi pale ochraceous ; antennae 

 robust, second and third joints slender, second longest, fourth 

 slightly longer than third ; pronotum gibbously rounded, much as 

 in C. hbahda, Bredd. ; corium distinctly shorter than membrane, 

 which very slightly extends beyond abdominal apex ; abdomen 

 beneath coarsely granulose. 



Length 3 millim. 



Hab. ^.W. India; Kumaon, Bhim Tal {Ltd. Mm. ^- Coll. 

 Dist.). 



Genus EPIBOMIUS. 

 (After Sadoletus, Vol. II, p. 37.) 

 Epibomius, Bist. A. 31. N. H. (8) iii, p. 328 (1909). 



Type, E.pusa, Dist. 



Distribution. Bengal. 



Subelongate ; head about as long as breadth between eyes, 

 somewhat abruptly pointed in front, the lateral margins between 

 base of antennae and apex convexly sinuate, ocelli a little in front 

 of basal margin and on each side near eyes ; antennae moderately 

 robust, pilose, the third and fourth joints prominently pilose ; 

 rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ; pronotum about as long 

 as broad at anterior margin, transversely impressed near middle, 

 the anterior margin very shghtly sinuate, lateral margins almost 

 straightly oblique, posterior margin truncate, centrally with a faint 



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