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2816. Dmomachus nitidiusculus, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. BeUj. \ p. 411 

 (190G). 



Ochraceous, thickly finely punctate ; head distinctly finely 

 pilose ; pronotum with a basal marginal series of sruall castaneous 

 spots ; scutellum with the basal area piceous, traversed by a 

 longitudinal pale line ; coriuui with two small spots on disk, and 

 some irregular transverse spots on apical area, black ; membrane 

 ochraceous ; head beneath and sternum piceous ; coxae, trochanters,, 

 legs, and abdomen beneath ochraceous ; lateral margins of sternum 

 linearly black ; tibias, tarsi, and apices of femora annulated with 

 castaneous ; anterior femora strongly spotted with castaneous ; 

 abdomen spotted with piceous on each lateral area ; antennae 

 castaneous, basal joint ochraceous speckled \vith castaneous, sub- 

 basal annulation and apex to second joint and apex of third joint 

 ochraceous, second joint longest ; rostrum slightly passing the 

 intermediate coxae, basal joint scarcely passing base of head ; pro- 

 notum with the anterior lobe moderately globose, distinctly 

 narrower than the posterior lobe which is somewhat coarsely 

 punctate ; scutellum irregularly excavate on each side both at 

 base and apical area. 



Length 7 millim. 



Hah, Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). 



2817. Dinomaclius indicus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 491 (1909). 



Head greyish brown, pilose, \Aith some darker spots near base ; 

 pronotum jjrownish ochraceous, darkly punctate, transversely 



Fig. IS.— Dlnomackus indicus. 



impressed before middle, the anterior area or lobe discally dark 

 castaneous, the margins narrowly ochraceous ; scutellum brownish 

 ochraceous, darkly punctate, with a central longitudinal line (not. 



