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CAPSTD.E. 



of pronotum, and seutellum ochraceous or stramiueous ; lateral 

 margins of seutellum black ; corium dull ochraceous or stramineous, 

 basal and apical areas piceous ; cuueus sti'amineous ; membrane 

 pale fuliginous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous or stramineous, 

 apices of posterior femora blackish ; antennae and legs longly 

 pilose, extreme base of first joint of antennae luteous. 



Yar. a. Sternum, apex of abdomen, bases and apices of posterior 

 femora, posterior tibiae and the tarsi black. 



Length 6i to S^ millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Pundaluoya {Green). Tenasserim ; Myitta 

 (DoJierfjj). 



Punctures leaves of Jltesa ituUca {Green). 



Genus MALALASTA, nov. 



Type, M. suj^erba, Dist. 

 Distribution. Tenasserim. 



Body elongate ; head subglobose, vertically deflected in front ; 

 eyes of moderate size, almost touching anterior margin of pro- 

 notum ; antennae inserted in front of anterior margins of eyes, 

 first joint about as long as head and pronotum together, slightly 

 thickened at apex, second joint about half as long again as first ; 

 rostrum reaching the intermediate coxa; ; pronotum with an 

 anterior collar, behind which are two transverse callosities centrally 

 united, postei'ior area strongly punctate, with a faint central 



longitudinal ridge; seutellum rather 

 large, subtriangular, its apex broad ; 

 liemelytra subliyaline ; legs some- 

 what long and slender ; cuueus long 

 and slender. 



14u3. Malalasta superba, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and seutellum 

 black ; an elongate spot at inner 

 margin of each eye, the transverse 

 callosity and an elongate spot on 

 the lateral margins of pronotum, 

 margins, a central fascia and apex 

 of" seutellum, head beneath (ex- 

 cluding a central black fascia), 

 acetabula, coxae, legs, and abdomen 

 beneath stramineous or very pale 

 ochraceous ; abdomen with black 

 transverse spots on each side, an- 

 terior margin of penultimate seg- 

 ment and some apical spots black ; 

 apices of posterior femora, extreme 

 bases and a central annulatiou to posterior tibiie, the antennae, and 

 venation to hemelytra fuscous-brown ; extreme base of first joint of 

 antennae and third joint (excluding apex) stramineous ; pronotum 



Fig. 287. — Malalasfa superha. 



