396 



REDUYIID.T!:. 



Body small, siibelongate : head before eyes cyliudrically pro- 

 duced, eyes almost touching anterior margin of prouotum ; rostrum 

 long, reaching middle of mesosternum ; first joint of antenna- 

 passing apex of head, both first and second joints incrassated ; 

 pronotum anteriorly narro\\ed, medially constricted, near anterior 

 margin obsoletely, obtusely impressed, and pro^ided witli an 

 obsolete collar ; scutellum triangular, equilateral ; legs of moderate 

 but variable length, anterior femora incrassated, anterior tibia- with 

 their apices incrassated. 



133i». Phorticus cingaleiisis, Dist. Enfovwl. xxxvi, p. 2 (1903). 



Head, scutellum, sternum, and membrane 

 piceous ; pronotum and corium dull casta- 

 ]ieous ; anterior margin of pronotum, a 

 basal spot to clavus and corium, connexivum, 

 posterior margin of prosternum, abdomen, 

 legs and rostrum luteous ; antennae brownish- 

 ochraceous, base and apex of third joint 

 luteous ; basal joint of antenna; passing 

 apex of head, first and second joints in- 

 crassate ; prouotum faintly transversely 

 constricted ; membrane slightly passing ab- 

 dominal apex, its apical margin narrowly 

 fuliginous ; body distinctly pilose. 



Length 2| millim. 



Hah. Ceylon (Lewis). 



Fig. 252. 

 phorticus cinga len ais. 



Genus RULANDUS, nov. 



Type, U. jilia'drm, Dist. 



Distrihutiou . Bu.rma. 



Ovate ; head tumid between eyes, which are well separated 

 from anterior margin of pronotum, in front of them depressed and 

 subcouically produced ; antenna; with the first joint slightly 

 incrassated and about reaching apex of head, second joint slender 

 and considerably longer than first : rostrum short and moderately 

 thick, second and third joints subequal in length ; pronotum 

 strongly centrally sulcated and deeply medially trans vei'sely im- 

 pressed ; scutellum with the apex longly apically produced ; 

 corium strongly sinuate near base ; legs of modei\ate length : 

 anterior femora a little incrassated ; anterior tibia; a little shorter 

 than anterior femora. 



1340. Rulandus phaedrus, sp. n. 



Pale ochraceous; eyes, posterior lobe of pronotum, posterior 

 discal area of corium, and meso- and metasterna pale purplish- 



