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CAPSID^. 



first joint and basal half of second more or less ochraceous ; 

 pronotum with the anterior lobe finely mottled with reddish, 

 basal margin and some linear spots at anterior margin black, 

 a central longitudinal line black or reddish, the lateral margins 



Fig. 265. — CaUicrutidci rama. 



also sometimes black ; hemelytra hyaline, the lateral margins and 

 cuneus reddish, the venation piceous ; femora, especially posterior 

 femora, finely spotted with fviscous-red, their bases unspotted. 



Length 8 to 9^ millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeuiya, Nawalapitiya {Green). 



Genus HARPEDONA, nov. 



Type, //. marr/inata, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Subelongate ; head moderately robust and tumid, somewhat 

 obscurely but broadly centrally longitudinally sulcate ; antennae 

 with the first joint about as long or scarcely as long as head, 

 second joint more than txA'ice or nearly three times as long as 

 first, its apex very slightly thickened ; pronotum moderately long, 

 Avith a distinct narrow anterior collar, and ti'ansversely constricted 

 before middle, anterior lobe much narrower and shorter than 

 posterior lobe, with a small distinct foveation at centre of its 

 posterior margin, posterior lobe finely and obscurely punctate, its 

 posterior lateral angles subprominent ; scutellum somewhat small 

 and foveate ; hemelytra a little narrowed posteriorly, with the 

 lateral margins straight and subparallel ; cuneus broad ; legs 

 slender ; rostrum passing the anterior coxre (imperfectly seen 

 owing to typical specimen being in a carded condition), first joint 

 about as long as head, first and second joints subequal, third and 

 fourth short. 



