HYALOPEPLUS. 



447 



and scutelluiu, excluding pale markings, coarsely punctate ; apex 

 of scutellum broad and a little tumid. 



Length S millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty). 



Genus HYALOPEPLUS. 



Hyalopeplus, StSl, Ofi\ Vef.-AJ;. Fiirh. 1870, p. 670. 



Type, H. vitripennis, Stal. 



Distribution. Oriental and Australasian Eegious. 



Body oblong ; head triangular, with eyes much broader than 

 anterior margin of pronotum : eyes strongl}^ prominent; autenn;e 

 inserted in front of eyes, basal joint moderately iucrassated, 

 subequal iu length to head, second joint nearly four times as 

 long as first ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxse ; pronotum 

 slightly shorter than broad, narrowed anteriorly, basal margin 

 twice as broad as anterior margin, twice transversely impressed, 

 near anterior margin forming a sort of collar, and again before 

 middle, the last constriction being waved ; scutellum tumid, the 

 disk subdepressed, longitudinally sulcate ; hemelytra parallel, 

 smooth, hyaline, corium with cuneus reaching apex of abdomen ; 

 membrane with two cellular areas ; legs of moderate length, 

 posterior femora moderatelj" incrassated. 



1404. Hyalopeplus vitripennis, Stdl (Capons), Froq. Euq. Hesa, Ins. 

 p. 25o (18.-)9) : id. Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fiir?i. 1870, p. 071. 

 Capsus llueifer, Walk. Cat. Het. vi, p. 122 (1873). 

 Hyalopeplus lineifer, Kirk. Tr. E. S. 1902, p. 253. 



Luteous ; head with three, and 

 pronotum with five longitudinal 

 lines either red or black ; scutel- 

 lum with a central line similarly 

 variable in colour; basal margin 

 of pronotum black ; antennte 

 luteous, sometimes (excluding 

 basal joint) fuscous ; hemelytra 

 pale ochraceous hyaline, the vena- 

 tion piceous ; apes of scutellum 

 more or less castaneous. 



Length 9 to lOmilHm. 



Hab. Assam ; Margherita {Do- 

 hevtij). Ceylon (Lewis). Tenasse- 

 rim ; Myitta (Doherti/). — Malacca 

 (Brit. Mas.), Java, Philippines. 

 IS'orth Queensland (Dodd). 



Fig. 288. — Hi/alopeplus vitripcnnii 



1405. Hyalopeplus spinosus, sp. n. 



Allied to //. vitripennis, Stal, but differing principally in the 



