1909.] W. Iv. Distant : Rhynchota Malayana. 171 



close together, a little beyond middle ; tegmina nearly three times 

 as long as broad, the costal area obliquel}^ veined, remaining vena- 

 tion longitudinal, becoming dense and close towards apical area. 



Type A. lineolata, Dist. 



Apia lineolata, sp. nov. (PI. xi, figs. 10, loa.) 



Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous, with longitudinal 

 piceous lines, five on vertex of which three are discal and two 

 marginal, ten on pronotum and about the same number on meso- 

 notum ; abdomen dark brownish, the segmental margins piceous , 

 body beneath and legs ochraceous, face, with the margins and 

 seven longitudinal lines, piceous ; legs with piceous longitudinal 

 lines; tegmina ochraceous mottled with greyish, costal area beyond 

 basal third greyish with oblique fuscous lines, the longest crossing 

 apical area, two transverse and bent almost parallel with apical 

 margin, a piceous subapical spot near posterior margin ; wings pale 

 fuliginous, posterior and apical margins broadly fuscous ; struc- 

 tural characters as detailed in generic diagnosis. 



lyong. excl. tegm. 8 mm. Exp. tegm. 24 mm. 

 Hab. — Malay Peninsula ; Singapore (H. N. Ridley ; Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Genus Varma. 



Varma, Dist., Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhynch., iii, p. 330 (1906). 

 Type V. fervens, Walk, 



Varma obliqua, sp. nov. (PI. xi, figs. 8, 8a.) 



Vertex, pro- and mesonota, face, sternum and legs pale ochra- 

 ceous ; abdomen brownish ochraceous, above marginally and cen- 

 tralh- castaneous; tegmina subhyaline, the costal and apical areas, 

 claval margins, and an oblique fascia before the apical area dull 

 ochraceous, above the fascia on costal margin is a small piceous 

 spot; wings hj^aline, the veins and apical area dull ochraceous: 

 face with the central and lateral carinations robust and much 

 darker in hue, as is also the central carination to the clypeus, 

 posterior tibiae with two strong spines beyond middle, preceded by 

 a shorter and almost obsolete spine. 



Long. excl. tegm. 6 mm. Exp. tegm. 18 mm. 

 Hab. — Malay Peninsula ; Perak (Doherty). 



Genus Serida. 



Serida, Walk., Journ. Linn, Soc. Lond. Zool., i, p. 158 (1857). 

 Type S. latens, Walk. 



Serida balteata, sp. nov. 



Vertex, pronotum and mesonotum piceous; basal margin, 

 central and marginal ridges to vertex, lateral margins, central 



