44 TjYgjexdje. 



beneath black ; posterior margin of metasternum white ; antennae 

 black ; legs pieeous, posterior tibiae with a broad white annulation ; 

 posterior lobe of proiiotum granulate ; rostrum reaching the pos- 

 terior coxae. 



Length 5 uiillim. 



Hah. " Hindostan " (Parry, Brit. Mus.). 



Walker describes the exterior margin of the corium as white ; 

 it is, however, the basal margin of the membrane which is of that 

 colour. 



757. Oxycarenus heraldus, sp. n. 



Head, antennae, and rostrum pieeous ; pronotum castaneous, 

 with a submarginal anterior black fascia ; scutellum pieeous ; 

 cox'ium very pale stramineous ; clavus and a large spot near inner 

 angle castaneous ; membrane, body beneath, and legs pieeous or 

 very dark castaneous ; posterior margin of metasternum and 

 tibiae pale sti'amineous ; intermediate and postei'ior tibiae with 

 their bases and apices pieeous. 



Length 3 to 3| millim. 



Bah. Burma ; Karennee (Fea). 



758. Oxycarenus bicolor, Fieb. Rhynchotofir. p. 39 (1851). 



Head, antennae, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and femora 

 pieeous ; corium pieeous, the clavus brownish, basal and apical 

 angular areas white, the last with a small pieeous spot near apical 

 angle : membrane dark fuliginous, its apical mai'gin \\hitish ; 

 anterior tibiae brownish, iutermediate and posterior tibias and all 

 the tarsi pale luteous, the first with their bases and apices and the 

 last with their apices pieeous ; spots to metasternum (imperfectly 

 seen in carded specimens) luteous; head, pronotum, and scutellum 

 greyishly pilose; anterior femora distinctly spined beneath. 



Length 3 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Bhamo (Ft'a). 



759. Oxycarenus lugubris, Motsch. (Stenogaster) Et. Ent. viii, p. 108 



(1859) ; Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) viii, p. 475 (1901). 

 rihopalus ? funeralis. Kirhy, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 97, pi. iv, 

 f. 7 (1891). 



Pieeous ; membrane black, its apical margin fuliginous ; lateral 

 margin of corium, a somewhat lai-ge subbasal spot, intermediate 

 and posterior tibiae, and posterior margin of metasternum pale 

 stramineous or greyish ; bases and apices of intermediate and 

 posterior tibiae pieeous : body above greyishly pilose ; anterior 

 femora distinctly spined beneath. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon {Green cf- Lewis). 



In Ceylon this insect infests the ripe pod of the cotton, dis- 

 colouring and caking the cotton ( Green). 



