80 



LYGjEID.E. 



apex o£ scutellum luteons ; legs ocbraceous, femora (excluding 

 bases) and the tibiae punctured and mottled with brown ; 



membrane fuliginous, with 

 a dark castaneous spot at 

 base ; antennae pale ochra- 

 ceoiis, apex of third joint 

 infuscated, fourth joint 

 fuscous, with its base 

 luteous ; rostrum ocbra- 

 ceous, the basal joint cas- 

 taneous, the apex piceous ; 

 lateral and posterior margins 

 of prosternum,two spots on 

 posterior margin of meta- 

 sternum, margins of ace^ 

 tabula and lateral marginal 

 spots to abdomen luteous. 

 Length 9 to 10 millim. 

 Hah. Assam ; Naga and 

 Khasi Hills (Chennell). 

 Bombay (LeitJi) : Bor Grhat 

 Mandalay, Karennee, Prome 



Fig. 62. — Aphaiuis sordldus. 



Bengal ; Eanchi {Irvine), Calcutta 



{Dixon). Ceylon {Green). Burma 



{Fea), Minhla {Comotto), Tenasserim, Thagata {Fea). — China. 



A.lso recorded by Stal from Guinea. 



The late Mr.'L. de Niceville, under date of February 27, 1901, 

 informed me that this species was " damaging severely the ' Tilli' 

 or Sesamum crop " near Calcutta. 



809, 



Aphanus lineosus, JJist. A. M.N. H. (7) viii, p. 503 (1901). 



Head, anterior lobe of pronotum, scutellum and body beneath 

 piceous ; posterior lobe of pronotum and the corium ochraceous, 

 thickly browuly punctate ; antennae, lateral margins of pronotum, 

 a narrow central line to the posterior prouotal lobe, two lineate 

 spots near apex of scutellum, lateral margins of corium, two small 

 spots on apical area of outer claval margin and the legs ochraceous ; 

 a spot at each lateral marginal angle of pronotum, two spots on 

 apical marginal area of corium, basal halves of anterior femora 

 and apical thirds of posterior femora piceous or black ; rostrum 

 and lateral margins of meso- and metasterna ochraceous ; antennae 

 with the basal joint and apices of second, third and fourth joints 

 piceous, second and fourth joints of the antennae about subequal 

 in length, third slightly shorter ; punctures of the corium arranged 

 in lineate series. 



Length 6 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon (Leivis). Burma ; Bhamo {Fea). 



