DISPHINCTUS. 445 



species as abundant in Ceylon on plants of Cnpliea jorullensis. 

 The .young shoots are badly punctured and wilted, and "the plants 

 completely disfigured, the damage being done chiefly by the 

 immature insects. Mr, Green also informs me that I), politus 

 punctures leaves of Maimm sp., young leaves and shoots of 

 Ft'2}eroniu sp., young leaves of common guava (Fsidtum rjuyava), 

 and young leaves of Acahjplia sp. 



1400. Disphinctus dudgeoni, Kirk. J. Bomb. X. H. Soc. xiv, p 296 



(1902). 

 Gen. y sp.?, nud(/. Inch Mus. Notes, iii (v) p. 37 (1894). 



S . " Orange-red ; abdomen broad and concave on the upper 

 side, unmarked ; head transverse, short ; eyes black and 

 prominent ; rostrum paler orange, thickened for the basal third 

 of its length, rather short, reaching just beyond the coxae of the 

 anterior legs when folded beneath ; antenna? almost the same 

 length as the whole body, first joint thickened, short, reddish, 

 second long, third shorter than second, fourth short, all three 

 black : pronotum and scutellum unmai'ked, orange-red, the former 

 lengthened ; legs pale, semihyaline yellow, barred with orange-red 

 on the femora; the bases of the tibiae also reddish; hemelytra with 

 the corium orange-red, with a triangular black spot on the costa, 

 membrane fuscous hyaline with a discal nervure orange." 



2 . " Only differs from the male in being slightly paler in 

 colour and in the underside of the abdomen having a curved 

 corneous, black, shining ovipositor, as in Hdopeltis tJteivora." 



Length 9^ to 10 millim. 



Hab. Sikhim and Bhutan, from 150O to 5000 feet (G. C. 

 Dudijeon). 



Punctures leaves of plants of the genus Masa {M. montana, 

 M. ramentacea, and M. indica), occurring in the Darjiling district. 



1 have not seen this species. 



1401. Disphinctus elegans, sp. n. 



2 . Head, pronotum, scutellum, cuneus, rostrum and sternum 

 orange-red; corium reddish-brown; membrane pale shining fuscous; 

 abdomen beneath sti'amineous : base, apex, and lateral margins 

 (above and beneath) to abdomen, antenuce and eyes black ; 

 posterior legs stramineous, apical areas of femora, basal areas 

 of tibiae, and the tarsi black ; anterior and intermediate legs 

 mutilated in specimen described ; corium thickly greyish pilose ; 

 legs and antennae longly pilose. 



Length, 5 , 8^ milliui. 



Hah. Tenasserim ; Mjitta, (Doherti/). 



1402. Disphinctus msesarum, Kirk. J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv, p. 295 



(1902). 



Head, antennae, and pronotum black ; central area of head 

 between eyes, basal margin, collar, and sometimes anterior lobe 



