DIOaNETUS, 



431 



Genus COMBALUS, nov. 



Type, C novitius, Dist. 



Distribution. Assam. 



Body elongate ; head short, broad, deflected anteriorly, with a 

 distinct central longitudinal impression ; eyes somewhat small, 

 contiguous to the anterior margin of the pronotum ; antenuiB 

 with the first joint long, a little shorter than the pronotum, second 

 about twice as long as first and strongly setose (remaining joints 

 mutilated in specimen described) ; rostrum passing the anterior 

 coxa? ; pronotum louger than half the width at base, coarsely 

 punctate, with a very narrow anterior collar, behind which are two 

 transverse callosities, lateral margins slightly sinuate ; scutellum 

 transversely foveate at base, glabrous, apex acute ; corium smooth, 

 shining, with a distinct impunctate margin, margins subparallel ; 

 a distinct foveation beyond apex of clavus, cuneus longer than 

 broad, fractui*e indistinct ; legs moderately short, femora not 

 prominently incrassate. 



1379. Combalus novitius, sp. n. 



Cumhulus novitius. 



Black, shining; head, antennae, 

 rostrum, coxae, legs, lateral margins 

 of corium, and apparently (as seen 

 in carded specimen) disk of abdo- 

 men beneath ochraceoiis ; apex of 

 second joint of antenna? broadly 

 black ; head glabrous ; pronotum 

 coarsely punctate and subrugulose : 

 scutellum very faintly transversely 

 striate ; corium pilose and very ob- 

 soletely puuctat:e ; cuneus casta- 

 neous ; membrane shining fuli- 

 ginous-brown. 



Length 4g millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Margherita. ^ 



Genus DIOGNETUS, nov. 



Type, D. intonsus, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon, 



Somewhat broadly ovate, thickly pilose ; head moderately de- 

 flected, with a deep, broad, longitudiual incision between eves, 

 which are broadly transverse, inwardly touching the anterior 

 margin of the pronotum, but extending far beyond it ; antennae 

 moderately slender, basal joint very slightly thickened, about as 

 long as head, second joint a little more than twice as long as first, 

 rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ; pronotum punctate, the 

 basal margin about three times the width of anterior margin, 



