462 



CAPSID.f;. 



bead glabrous ; pronotum coarsely punctate, tbe auterior trans- 

 verse callosity glabrous; scutellum glabrous; clavus thickly and 

 coarsely punctate, corium with subclaval and sublateral punc- 

 tures, the corium with a more or less distinct fuscous longitudinal 

 streak ; abdomen beneath with a central sublateral fuscous fascia ; 

 rostrum just passing the intermediate coxa3. 



Var. Basal joint and base of second joint of antennae fuscous. 



Length 4 millim. 



Ilab. Ceylon (Leivis) : Peradeniya (Green). Tenasserim ; Myitta 

 (DoJurti/). ' 



Genus HERMOTINUS, nov. 



Type, H. signatas, Dist. 



Distribution. Tenasserim. 



Somewhat broadly ovate ; pronotum strongly punctate ; corium 

 impunctate, moderately pilose ; head somewhat broad, anteriorly 

 deflected : eyes very large and transverse, touching but projecting 

 beyond the anterior margin of the pronotum ; antenuai slender, 

 first joint longer than head, second nearly three times the length 

 of first ; rostrum reaching the intermediate cos.se ; pronotum with 

 a narrow auterior collar, behind which are two transverse cal- 

 losities, posterior margin more than twice the width of anterior 

 margin, its lateral margins sinuate, the disk tumid ; scutellum 

 subtriangular, a little transversely foveate at base ; liemelytra 

 with the lateral margins somewhat ampliated, the cuneus a little 

 longer than broad, the fracture distinct but not profound ; legs 

 of moderate length, the femora moderately inci-assate, the tibiae 

 setose. 



1434. Hermotinus signatus, s]). n. 



Fig. '20G. — Hcrinotinus sh/natiis. 



annulated with fuscous : 



Head, pronotum, and scutel- 

 lum very pale oehraceous ; eyes, 

 a central basal fascia to head and 

 the ])unctures to the pronotum 

 brown ; antennae brown, annu- 

 lated with stramineous ; scutel- 

 lum with two large discal obloug 

 black spots ; corium dark fus- 

 cous-brown, some blackish spots 

 and suffusions on clavus ; the 

 lateral areas and cuneus pale 

 semi-hyaline, Avith transverse 

 fuscous fasciate spots, cuneus 

 with the apex and transverse 

 discal spot pale fuscous ; mem- 

 Ijrane very pale fuliginous, 

 piceous at base, the margins 

 paler ; legs pale oehraceous, 

 pronotum coarsely punctate, its 



