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APPENDIX. — CAPSIDjE, 



antennae ; cuneus elongately nngulate : membrane longly passing 

 the abdominal apex, Mitli two short, posteriori}^ truncate cells, the 

 outermost smaller ; posterior femora very strongly thickened, 

 shorter than the tibia?, attenuated towards apices ; tibise spinulose ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxae, with the first joint shorter 

 than the second. 



3037. Thermus adumbratus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv,p. 515(1909). 



Head dull ochraceous, with three transverse fascite (one basal, 

 one ceutral, and the other apical) and a central longitudinal fascia 

 sanguineous ; antennae ochraceous ; pronotum dull ochraceous, a 

 sublateral fascia on each side, a transverse fascia before middle, 

 and a central longitudinal fascia (not reaching base) sanguineous ; 

 scutellum dull ochraceous, the lateral margins sanguineous ; eorium 

 dull ochraceous, with the margins sanguineous, the inner and 

 outer margins preceded by small greyish spots, tlie apical margin 



Fig. 138. — 7'hcnmtx adumbratus. 



broader, costal margin (excluding apex) pale ochraceous ; clavus 

 greyish, thickly spotted with brownish ; cuneus pale ochraceous, 

 the outer margin and apex sanguineous and with a small fuscous 

 spot near base ; membrane pale fuscous, the margins of the cells 

 sanguineous ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, lateral areas 

 of the sternum and abdomen moderately infuscate ; posterior 

 femora with their apical halves more or less sanguineous ; structural 

 characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 millira. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Maskeliya (6r. B. de Moivhray). 



