48 



LYQ^ID.5:. 



of the posterim^ lobe ; scutellum triangular ; body elongate ; 

 lateral margins of the corium slightly concavely sinuate ; membrane 

 passing the apex of the abdomen ; legs slender, femora a little 

 apically incrassated. 



Allied to the American genus 3I]/odocha, from which it can be 

 at once separated by the structure of the pronotuni. 



762. Vertoniannus capitatus, Bist. Ann. Soc Ent. BeUj. 1903, 

 p. 46. 



Head, sternum, anterior lobe of pronotum, and scutellum black ; 



posterior pronotal lobe, corium, and body beneath pale castaneous ; 



apex of scutellum pale luteoiis ; 

 corium much sutfused with 

 whitish coloration, principally 

 a spot about one-third from 

 base of lateral margin, a sub- 

 apical spot, angulate anteriorly, 

 and a small rounded spot near 

 inner angle ; membrane fuscous, 

 with a large marginal spot and 

 apex pale subhyaline ; legs 

 luteous, apical halves of femora 

 reddish-ochraceous, apices of 

 tibise and tarsal joints fuscous ; 

 antennae ochraceous, apical 

 joint (excluding base) piceous ; 

 posterior pronotal lobe and 

 corium sparingly but coarsely 

 punctate, the pale spots to 

 corium levigate ; posterior lobe 



of pronotum centrally carinate on its anterior area ; legs finely 



hirsute ; rostrum luteous, basal joint castaneous. 

 Length 6 to 64 millim, 

 Hal. Assam; Margherita. Burma. 



Fig. 34. — Vertomamms capitatus. 



Genus ALTOMARUS. 

 Altomarus, Bist. A.M. N. H. (7) xi, p. 72 (1903). 



Type, A. r/reeni, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon, Burma. 



Elongate ; head" long, about as long as pronotum, anteocular 

 portion about as long as postocular portion, angularly produced in 

 front of eyes ; first joint of antenna? about reaching the apex of 

 head ; rostrum long, about reaching the intermediate coxae, first 

 joint much shorter than head, just passing the region of the eyes ; 

 "pronotum with a very distinct anterior collar, anterior lobe slightly 

 lonoer but much narrower than posterior lobe, subglobose, its 



