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TINGIDID^, 



antennae aud tibia? very pale ochraceous ; apical joints of the 

 antennae and tarsi piceous. 



Length inch elytra 4 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya (G^re^'w). 



Injures foliage of Bartenia strujosa (E. E. Green). 



Genus CADAMUSTUS. 



Cadamustus, Dit^f. Ann. Soc. Ent. Behj. xlvii, p. 47 (1903). 



Type, C. typicus, Dist. 



Distribution. At present known only from Ceylon. 



Head somewhat pointed at apex, but unarmed ; antennse slender, 

 the two basal joints only slightly shorter than apical joint; pro- 

 notum with the lateral margins strongly laminately and upwardly 

 produced, the areolets large and the outer ones subquadrate ; 

 hood convex but compressed, truncately attenuated anteriorly, 

 covering head, connected posteriorly with a similar pronotal 

 elevation ; elytra vitreous, twice as long as the abdomen, broadened 

 posteriorly, broadly rounded at apices, where they are more or less 

 divergent, somewhat widely areolated, the areolets of the costal 

 area subquadrate, longitudinally gibbous on discoidal area ; rostrum 

 gassing anterior coxae 



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anterior coxae. 



,t~/ .1;. v.. <A. A.-'^^-^-X-^-^ 



xh 



p. 47 



895. Cadamnstus typicus, Bist. Aim. Soc. Ent. Belq. 

 -^' (1903 J. 



\ \j /^iS^AT^"^ ^^Q hyaline or talc-like, the 



'^^ \ h^^^?rY^^--~c^^n^ margins of the areolets piceous, 



the abdomen piceous and more 

 or less reflected above through 

 the elytra ; disk of the pronotum 

 pale castaneous or pale brownish- 

 ochraceous ; lateral margins of 

 abdomen reddish-ochraceous (in 

 some specimens this character is 

 obsolete) ; legs aud antennse very 

 pale luteous, apical joint of an- 

 tennse and the tarsi pale ochra- 

 ceous ; the elytra have opaline 

 reflections ; the areolae are large, 

 some have piceous margins ; 

 elytral areas ill-defined or obso- 

 lete. 



Length of body 2, to apex of 

 elytra 4 millim. 



Uab. Ceylon ; Pundaluoya 



{(xreen). 



In Ceylon this species punctures leaves of the cardamom plants, 



Hedychiwn, and allied Scitaminece ; it occurs also on the plantain 



{Musa). Punctured leaves have an unhealthy yellow tint {E. E. 



Green). 



Fig. 95. — Cadamustus typicus. 



