SILANUS. 



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margins uot quite reaching base of head ; aiileniicc with the Urst 

 joint (excludiug base) a little thickened, shorter than head, second 

 about tw^ice as long as first, third and fourth joints short, together 

 about as long as iirst ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxte ; pro- 

 notum broader than long, tlie anterior margin scarcely half as broad 

 as the posterior margin, which is truncately sinuate, exposing the 

 mesonotum, the anterior margin carinate, transversely impressed 

 before middle, the lateral margins concavely sinuate ; scutellum 

 triangular, moderately tumid ; corium (including cuneus) as long 

 as posterior tibiae, cuneus small, broader than long ; membrane 

 passing the abdominal apex and x^ith a basal, posteriorly truncate 

 cell ; legs somewhat long, posterior femora a little curved at base, 

 all the femora distinctly but moderately thickened ; posterior tarsi 

 with the first joint shorter than the second. 



In this enumeration of the Capsidse of British India the genus 

 is placed near Ti/raquellus, Dist. 



3046. Silanus prsefectus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 520 (1909). 



Head, antenna?, thorax, and scutellum black : corium brownish 

 ochraceous, a small marginal spot at base and a larger marginal 

 spot before cuneus ochraceous : clavus darker and more fuscous in 



Fig. 14.3. — tSilanus ixrcejcctu^ 



hue; cuneus brownish ochraceous, outwardly castaneous ; mem- 

 brane fuliginous ; head beneath and sternum black ; abdomen 

 beneath piceous ; femora black, apices of posterior femora 



