EIS-DOCHUS. 2A')7 



anteuiise and apical lateral margins to abdomen pale reddish ; first 

 joint ot' antennte as long as head, prouotam and scutellum 

 together; pronotal lateral spines a little upwardly curved. 



Length 16 to 17 millim. 



IJah. Ceylon ; Kandy {Green). 



12>9. Endochus atricapillus, sp. n. 



Golden-yellow ; head abo\e and antennae black ; intermediate 

 and posterior tibijc and tarsi fuscous ; membrane shining bronzy : 

 head about as long as pronotum, with a short acute spine behind 

 base of each antenna; first anteunal joint about as long as 

 anterior femora ; rostrum with the basal joint a little longer than 

 the other two joints together ; pronotum with the anterior lobe 

 centrally impressed, posterior lobe discally unarmed, lateral spines 

 long, acute, horizontally directed ; scutellum with an apical 

 tuberculous spine. 



Length 19 millim. 



Hah. Sikhim ; ^Muugphu (Atl-'uison, Brit. AIiis.). 



1290. Endochus umbrinus, sp. n. 



Brownish-ochraceous, above with lateral areas of sternum 

 sericeous and minutely speckled with greyish ; eyes, lateral spines 

 to pronotum, apical half of clavus, and extreme apex of rostrum 

 piceous or black ; membrane shining bronzy ; connexivum above 

 and beneath with large obscure fuscous spots ; head about as long 

 as pronotum ; first joint of autennjc subequal in length to liead, 

 pronotum and scutellum together ; anterior lobe of pronotum 

 finely centrally impressed, lateral pronotal spines long, horizontallv 

 directed, notched at base; apex of scutellum distinctly acuminate. 



Length 15 millim. 



Hah. Bor Ghtit (Dixon). 



1291. Endochus carbonarius, BrecM. >Soc. Entomol. xvii, p. 170 



(190:J). 



Dull black ; a narrow central line between the ocelli, the narrow 

 posterior lateral margins and posterior angles of pronotum, under- 

 side of head, first and second joints of rostrum, sulcation of 

 presternum, base of trochanters, line on inner side of anterior 

 femora and a line on underside of posterior femora, triangular 

 medial spots to the posterior ventral segments, and the interrupted 

 narrow abdominal margin pale yellow ; clavus and adjacent parts 

 of corium as well as membrane obscure hyaline ; third and fourth 

 joints of antennae rusty-red ; sides of abdomen beneath greyishl}- 

 tomentose, interrupted on each side by two series of smooth deep 

 black spots ; spines of anteiinal tubercles shortly conical, obtuse ; 

 pronotum transversely and rather strongly convex, anterior area 

 short, scarcely half as long as posterior area which is thickh' and 

 finely wrinkled, lateral spines nearly horizontal, posterior margin 



