174 Al'PENDIX. MEMBRACID.^, 



scutellum, apical area deflected and apex recurved, scarcely 

 passing posterior angle of inner tegmiual margin ; costal area of 

 tegmiua thickly coarsely punctate. 



Length 4| to 5 niillim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Nuwara Eliya {E. E. Green). 



33S2. Maehaerotypus nuwarana, sp. n. 



Face and frontal area of prouotum black, very finely pilose, 

 anterior disk and the posterior process ochraceous, apex of the 

 latter black, the lateral pronotal angles black ; legs ochraceous, 

 apices of the tibiae black ; teginina bronzy-yellow, basal angle and 

 a large part of the costal area black ; pronotum punctate, cen- 

 trally, longitudinally, percurrently carinate, the posterior process 

 slender, curved, its apex touching the inner tegniinal margin but 

 not quite reaching its posterior angle ; basal angle and costal 

 ai-ea of tegmina punctate ; anterior pronotal angles subpromineut 

 and subacute. 



Length 5 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Nuwara Eliya {Brit. Mus.). 



Genus OCCATOR, nov. 



Type, 0. erecius, Dist. 



Distribution. E. Himala_yas. 



Sculellum complete ; prouotum siibglobose, lateral angles only 

 obsoletely produced, the posterior process moderately slender, 

 well separated from the scutellum, the apical area strongly up- 

 turned, tricarinate, apex not passing the posterior angle of the 

 inner tegmiual margni, the central carination percurrent through- 

 out its entire length ; tibiae not dilated ; tegmina with the apical 

 cells nearly straight; ocelli much nearer eyes than to each other; 

 front with two tubercles near its posterior margin. 



In this enumeration allied to the genera MachcBrotypus and 

 Demanga (vol. iv, pp. 68, 69), but distinct by the shorter and 

 peculiarly upturned posterior pronotal process. 



Fig. \2i'i.--0ccaior erect us. 



3383. Occator erectus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum black; femora black, tibiae 

 ochraceous ; tegmina shining ochraceous, darker where the abdo- 

 men is reflected above ; base and about two-thirds of the costal 



