84 LYG^IDJE. 



punctate, a broad irregulai* transverse fascia near inner angle, apical 

 angle and apical margin (narrowly) black ; between the black fascia 

 and apical margin the colour is pale luteous and has a macular 

 appearance ; membrane fuscous, with some pale apical spots : 

 posterior angles of the metasternum, two lateral abdominal spots 

 to abdomen, antennae and legs luteous ; apices of the three basal 

 joints of antennae, the fourth joint, basal and apical joints of 

 rostrum, anterior femora (excluding base) and about apical thirds 

 of intermediate and posterior femora black or castaneous. 



Length 8 to 10 millim. 



Hah. Kashmir {vide Horvath) ; Bombay (Leith) ; Bor Ghat 

 {Dixon). Ceylon (Templeton ^ Green). — Bushire (Ciimmings). 



b. Pronotum not so Jong as broad. 



816. Dieuches femoralis, Dohm, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi, p. 405 (1860). 

 Ehyparochromus anticus, Walk. Cat. Het. v, p. 100 (1872). 

 Rhyparochromus siamicus, Walk. Cat. Het. \, p. 102 (1872). 

 Dieuches alteniatus, Hare. Termesz. Fiizetek, 1889, p. 36. 



Allied to the preceding species but differing by the narrower 

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

 joint (excluding base) of antennas piceous ; pronotum not so long 

 as broad, narrowed anteriorly, apices of lateral margins rounded ; 

 posterior lobe with a small central linear pale ochraceous spot ; 

 macular space between the transverse fascia and apical margin of 

 corium subtriangular. 



Length 9 to 10 millim. 



Hah. Kashmir {fide Horvatli). Sikhim {Atl:inson). Assam ; 

 Margherita {Doherty) ; Naga Hills {Chennell). Ceylon {Green <Sf 

 Leivis). Burma ; Palon, Bhamo {Fea). Tenasserim ; Malewoon 

 (i^ga).— Batchian {Brit. Mus.). 



817. Dieuches punctipes, Bohm, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi, p. 405 (1860) ; 



Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) viii, p. 504 (1901). 

 Rhyparochromus testaceipes, Walk. Cat. Het. v, p. 101 (1872). 



Allied to the preceding species (Z). femoralis, Dohrn) by the 

 shape of the pronotum, but the colour of the antennae and legs 

 uniformly pale ochraceous, apices of the femora generally very 

 palely or more darkly infuscated ; extreme apices of the three 

 basal joints and apical half of fourth joint of antennae fuscous. 



Length 8 to 8| millim. 



Hah. Ceylon {Green). 



818. Dieuches uniformis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, membrane and body beneath 

 black ; corium dark castaneous ; two small transverse linear spots 

 near anterior margin of pronotum, lateral margins of pronotum 

 and corium, two small obscure central basal marginal spots to 



