MYSTILUS. -33 



the lateral margin ])aler ; body beneath aiul legs reddish ocliraceous ; 

 basal joint of rostrmn, basal disk of abdomen, tibise, tarsi, and 

 apical annulations to femora pale ochraceous; structural characters 

 as ill generic diagnosis. 



Length 5.4 niillini. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Trincomalee {Onen). 



Genus MYSTILUS. (Vol. II, p. 420.) 



3008. Mystilus antrami, List. A. M. N. 11. (8) iv, p. 443 (1909). 



Head, antennae, pronotum, and scutellum dull black ; apex and 

 two spots at base of head and anterior and posterior margins of 

 pronotum pale ochraceous ; hemelytra very pale ochraceous, sub- 

 liyaline, membrane reflecting the dark abdomen beneath ; head and 

 abdomen beneath pale ochraceous, the sternum and apex of ab- 

 domen black ; legs pale ochraceous, the femora (especially the an- 

 terior) much mottled with black, more densely so on apical areas, 

 posterior tibise black, with a long apical pale ochraceous annu- 

 lation ; rostrum pale ochraceous, its apex black ; head deeply 

 longitudinally suleate between the eyes, which are contiguous to 

 the anterior margin of the pronotum ; antennae much longer than 

 the body, basal joint almost as long as the head and pronotum to- 

 gether ; pronotum very coarsely punctate, anterior collar distinct, 

 transversely constricted at about one-third from anterior margin, 

 in front of wliich are two distinct callosities with a short central 

 longitudinal carinate line between them ; cuneus a little longer 

 than broad, concolorous with the pale corium. 



Length 4 millini. 



Hah. Cachar ; Ivoomber (ArUra^n). 



3009. Mystilus manni, Bist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 444 (1909). 



Head black, its apex pale ochraceous, two dull ochraceous spots 

 at base ; antennae black, the basal joint ochraceous, more or less 

 mottled or spotted with black ; pronotum ochraceous, the anterior 

 collar dull greyish, the anterior transverse callosities a little darker ; 

 scutellum ochraceous ; hemelytra stramineous, semihyaline ; clavus 

 with the inner margins and the apex of the suture black, cuneus 

 concolorous, membrane reflecting the dark abdomen beneath ; head 

 beneath and sternum pale ochraceous, abdomen beneath more or 

 less greyish ; legs ochraceous, femora finely mottled or spotted 

 with black, posterior tibia; black with a long pale ochraceous apical 

 aunulation. 



Length 4,| millim. 



Hah. Cachar ; Koomber {Antraiii). 



This species is allied to 21. antrami by the concolorous cuneus, 

 but differs from it in the different colour of the pronotum and 

 scutellum, the absence of the short carinate line between the pro- 

 notal callosities, «fec. 



