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LYGiEID^. 



Fig. 24. — ChauJiiips fallKx. 



745. Chauliops fallax, Scott, A. M. N. H. (4) xiv, p. 428 (1874) ; 

 Uhler, Proc. U.S. N. H. Mus. xix, p. 264 (1896). 



Pale bi'ownish or brownish luteous ; pronotum somewhat 



thickly and deeply punctured ; 

 scutellum black, with a short 

 white .streak at the basal angles ; 

 corium pale brownish, greyish 

 at the base, and with a small 

 black discal spot, posterior mar- 

 gin broadly castaueous ; an- 

 tennae pale luteous, first joint 

 and apex of the fourth cas- 

 taueous ; rostrum ochraceous, its 

 apex black ; pronotum with a 

 pale central longitudinal line, 

 and with a castaneous transverse 

 fascia near anterior margin ; 

 femora castaneous, their bases 



luteous, tibiae and tarsi luteous, bases of the tibiae dark castaneous. 

 Length 2| to 3 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon; 'Perademja (Green). — 3 a])an (Lewis). 

 In all stages this species punctures the foliage of a small bean 



(DoUchos uiu/uicidata) and completely checks the growth of the 



X)laut. (E. E. Green.) 



Genus BOCCHARIS, nov. 



Type, B. sir/ni^catvs, Dist. 

 Distribution. Burma. 



Head broad, as seen from above much broader than long, eyes 

 prominent ; rostrum long, reaching the posterior coxa?, first joint 

 almost extending to base of head ; basal joint of antennae not 

 quite reaching apex of head, second and 

 fourth joints subequal, third shorter; pro- 

 notum subqviadrate, a little nodulose at 

 lateral angles, anterior angles detached from 

 but nearly parallel witli outer margins of 

 eyes, obscurely transversely constricted, 

 posterior lobe very distinctly centrally sul- 

 cate ; scutellum centrally carinate; corium 

 much longer than membrane, which reaches 

 the abdominal apex ; femora only moderately 

 incrassated. 



746. Boccharis significatns, sp. n. 



Head, anterior lobe of pronotum, and 

 scutellum black; posterior pronotal lobe, 

 apex of scutellum, and corium ochraceous, 

 the first darkly punctate, the punctures forming two central 

 spots, the corium longitudinally punctate; membrane pale hyaline; 



Fig. 2b.~Boccharis 

 significatus. 



