434 



C'APSID.E. 



h. Head long-, tiausvcrse anteriorly, nar- 

 rowly elong-ated posteriorly ; eyes 

 remote from anterior margin of pro- 

 notum and inserted near bases of 

 antenna?. 

 a'. Pronotum coarsely punctate ; coriuni 



opaque Angerianus, p. 437. 



b' . Pronotum not or remotely punctate : 



corium hyaline Fklisacus, p. 438. 



Genus PHARYLLUS, nov. 



Type, P. jnstacinus, Motsch. 



JJistribvtion. Cejion. 



8ubelongate ; head broad with a central longitudinal impression, 

 deflected in front of eyes, which are very large and transverse and 

 well separated from anterior margin of pronotum ; antennae with 

 the first joint longer than head, second rather more than twice 

 the length of fii'st ; rostrum mutilated in specimen examined ; pro- 

 notum with a very narrow anterior collar, transversely impressed 

 before middle and enclosing two transverse nodulosities, lateral 

 margins almost obliquely straight, basal margin truncate, slightly 

 recurved at lateral angles ; scutellum a little tumid, its apex sub- 

 acute ; corium opaque, cuneus longer than broad with an acute 

 fracture ; posterior tibise long, setose. 



1382. Pharyllus pistacinus, 



JS'at. Most: xxxvi (i') p. 



Fharylhis indacbma 



Motscli. (Leptomerocoris ?) Bull. Soc. 

 So (1803). 



Dark purplish-brown ; extreme 

 basal margin and two (sometimes 

 four) discal spots to pronotum, 

 lateral margins, apex, and a central 

 line to scutellum, a spot before 

 middle and two transverse fasciate 

 spots before apex of corium, coxk, 

 trochanters, anterior and inter- 

 mediate legs, bases of posterior 

 femora, tarsi and base of abdomen 

 beneath ochraceous ; membrane 

 fuliginous ; anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibiae finely setose, pos- 

 terior tibiie longly setose. 



Length G.i millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Colombo (Green). 



Genus AEGENIS. 



Argenis, Dist. A. 31. N. H. (7) xiii, p. 107 (1904). 



Type, A. incisuratus, Walk. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Head broad, not horizontally produced in front of eyes, which 



