234 APPENDIX. — CAPSIDiE. 



Genus MEGALOCER^A. (Vol. II, p. 424.) 



Megalocee.i:a aktennata. (Vol. II, p. 424.) 



Since I described this species from Kurseong I have received a 

 number of specimens from the same locahty, which afford an 

 opportunity of a more precise diagnosis. In fresh specimens tlie 

 colour is virescent, not " dull pale ochraceous," which is, however, 

 the hue in older and more dried examples. In fresh specimens 

 the antenna) are castaneous-brow-n with the basal joint virescent, 

 speckled with sanguineous ; the legs are also virescent with the 

 apical halves of the posterior tibiae and all the tarsi castaneous 

 brown, the tarsal claws black ; the basal joint of the antennae is 

 moderately thickened and strongly hirsute, the remaining joints 

 slender, the second joint t\^ice as long as first and subequal in 

 length to third, fourth joint greyishly pubescent and much shorter 

 than third. 



Add : Hah. Darjiling, 6000 ft. (Bnuietti). 



" Swept from grass and low herbage." 



Megalocee^a doiiertyi. (Vol. II, p. 425.) 



Since describing this species from Tenasserim I have examined 

 a series of fresh specimens from Calcutta. In the latter the 

 colour is pale virescent rather than the pale ochraceous in older 

 and dried examples ; antennae purplish-red, first joint about as 

 long as head, second about or nearly twice as long as first ; the 

 exposed mesouotum with a dark spot on each side, black in fresh 

 specimens, brownish in faded examples. 



Add: Hah. Calcutta, Darjiling, 6000 ft. (Brunetti). Orissa ; 

 Balighai, near Puri (AnnandaJe). Ceylon ; Trincomalee {Green). 



Grenus LASIOMIRIS to replace Matenesius. (Vol. II, p. 425.) 



Lasiomiris, HeiiL Rev. cVEnt. 1891, p. 130. 

 Matenesius, Uist. (vol. ii, p. 42-5). 



Lasiomiris albopilosus, Leth. (Miris) Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) vi, 



p. 464 (1888). 

 Lasiomiris lineaticollis, lieut. liev. d''Ent. 1891, p. 130. 

 Matenesius marginatus, Uist. (vol. ii, p. 426). 



Add : Hah. Sumatra, Java. 



I had consulted Keuter's description of his genus Lasiomiris, 

 but had been led astray by the undue prominence given to one 

 character : " body above with hemielytra longly pilose." This 

 may have also been the cause of Keuter redescribing Lethierry's 

 species. 



