ELTJIKMUS. ■J4'6 



ou apical half of scutullum, base and apex of clavus, costal luargiu 

 nnd outside margin of clavus to corium, two small spots befoi-e 

 base ot membrane, and cuneus (excluding two basal spots) san- 

 guineous; luenibraiie very pale fuscous, the posterior margins of 

 the cells sanguineous ; body beneath and legs stramineous, tibial 

 spiniiles concolorous ; rostrum stramineous, apex of basal joint 

 dull sanguineous ; structural characters as in generic diamosis 



Length 4 millim. "" 



Hah. Ceylon ; Pei-adeiiiya i'h-cen). 



(ienus ELTHEMUS. 

 Elthemus, Did. A. M. X. U. (8) iv, p. 431 (liJU!)). 



Type, E. cous/ficataa, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylou. 



Head a little longer than broad, centrally longitudinally sulcate • 

 eyes transverse, prominent, projecting beyond the anterior 

 margins ot the pronotum ; antenme with the first joint thickened 

 longer than the head, second joint three times as long as first and 

 considerably longer than third, fourth only slightly longer than 

 first; rostrum reaching the posterior cox*; pronotum much 

 broader than long, narrowed anteriorly, with a short but distinct 

 collar the lateral margins oblique, posterior margin subtruncate 

 slightly transversely impressed about one-third from anterior 

 margin, the anterior area with two callosities, m some specimens 

 these callosities are united, the disk (excluding anterior area) 

 finely punctate; scutellum triangular; corium (excluding cuneus ) 

 as long as posterior tibia) and closely finely pilose, cuneus 

 elongately triangular ; membrane passing the abdominal apex ; le^^s 

 ot moderate length, femora moderately thickened, the posterior 

 femora more strongly so, tibiae spinulose, posterior tarsi with the 

 first and second joints subequal in length. 



Allied to Taucredus, Uist., but differing by the greater length 

 ot the basal joint of antenme, the non-prominent pronotal an^^les 

 the much larger scutellum, the longer corium, &c. ° ' 



3021. Elthemus conspicatus, Di^t. A. M. N. II. (8) iv,p. i:r2(\\m). 



Head dull ocliraceous, eyes black ; antenme with the first joint 

 blackish, remaining jonits brownish ; pronotum piceous black, the 

 anterior collar and posterior narrow margin ochraceous ; scutellum 

 ochraceous, with piceous suffusions, the most ])rominent beino- a 

 more or less distinct basal apot ; clavus and corium blackish, the 

 costal area more or less ochraceous, the blackish coloration 

 extending across it near apex as an elongate costal spot : cuneus 

 pale ochraceous, its margins darker; memln-aue fuscous; body 



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