444 



capsid.t:. 



of first ; prouotum anteriorly nnrro\\ed, nearly three times broader 

 at base than at apex, prominently constricted a little before middle 

 and again near anterior margin : scutellura unarmed, moderately 

 convex, sometimes with a faint central sulcation ; hemelytra 

 parallel, lougly passing abdominal apex ; legs of moderate length, 

 pilose, posterior femora slightly incrassated. 



1398. Disphinctus Imnieralis, Tr^//.-. (Monalonion) Ccd. Het. vi, 



p. 162 (187o) ; Berqy. (Disphinctus) Ent. Month. Mcuj. xxv, 

 p. 271 (1889). 



Head, pronotum, sternum, rostrum, and legs ochraceous : 



autennse, eyes, a large spot on each side of posterior lobe of 



pronotum, bases and apices of pos- 

 terior femora, posterior tibia? (ex- 

 cluding apices), meta-and sometimes 

 mesosternum, two submedial trans- 

 verse fascia? to abdomen beneath, 

 and apex of same black ; abdomen 

 beneath stramineous ; base of first 

 joint of antenna^ luteous ; scutellum 

 very pale stramineous : hemelytra 

 brownish-ochraceous, base, lateral 

 margin, obscure transverse suffusion 

 near inner angle and apex of cuneus 

 fuscous ; membrane pale fuscous, 

 the veins darker. 

 Length 8| millim. 

 Hah. Sikhim {Brit. Mus.). Cey- 

 lon ; Kandy, Peradenija (Green). 



Tenasserim ; Myitta {Dolwrty). — Malacca {Brit. Mus.) ; Siamese 



Malay States {Aiuuddale J|- Bobinson). 



liecorded as attacking cinchona at Mungphu in Sikhim (^4/- 



Jciiison). 



1399. Disphinctus politus, IJ'alk. (Moualouion) Cat. Het. vi, p. 1C53 



Disphinctus toiniosus, Airk. J. Boinb. N. H. Soc. xiv, p. 295, 

 pi. A (p. 40), f. 10, pi. C, f. 2 (1902); Green, Entovwloffist, 

 1901, p. 114, & p. 115, tf. 3 & 4 (eggs). 



Dark shining ochraceous ; antennse (excluding basal joint), eyes, 

 an irregularly-shaped spot at apex of corium before cuneus, and 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi, the first excluding base, black : abdomen 

 beneath stramineous, a little infuscated at apex ; bod}^ finely 

 pilose ; antenna? (excluding basal joint) and the legs longly pilose. 



Var. a. Posterior tibia:; ochraceous, concolorous. 



Length Sj to 11 millim. 



Hah. Assam; Margherita {Brit. Mvs); Kangra Valley (Dud- 

 geon). Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Kandy, Badulla (Green). Tenasserim ; 

 Myitta (Doheri)/). — Borneo, Sarawak (Brit. Mtis.). 



Mr. E. E. Green ('Entomologist,' 1901, p. 114) describes this 



Fig. 28G. — DwpJnndK^ huinerali 



