DER.^OCOEIS. 



4G5 



piceous ; membrane fuliginous, with two paler spots on the lateral 

 margins ; head and anterior margin of prouotum darker luteous ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxae, its apex black. 



Length 6 millim. 



Hah. " North Hindostan " {Boyes, Brit. Mus.). 



Genus LUCITANUS, nov. 



Type, L. imnctatus, Kirby. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Subovate ; head somewhat long, moderately deflected before 

 eyes, first joint of antennae considerably longer than head and a 

 little thickened, second joint much longer than first and thickened 

 on apical area, third and fourth joints short, slender, third a little 

 longer than fourth ; rostrum about reaching the posterior coxae ; 

 pronotum tumid, deflected and narrowed anteriorly, lateral margins 

 a little rounded, basal margin slightly concave in front of scutellum 

 and thence oblique to lateral angles ; scutellum large, subtriangular, 

 about as broad as long ; clavus very long, extending almost to base 

 of membrane ; lateral margins of corium a little convex ; cuneus 

 much broader than long; legs of moderate length, posterior femora 

 thickened ; tibiae setose. 



]439. Lucitanus punctatus, Kirhy (Leptomeiocoris), J! Linn. Soc, 

 Zool. -xxiv, p. 108 (1891). 



Pale ochraceous ; head and pro- 

 notum shining ; eyes, lateral mar- 

 gins (broken anteriorly), two an- 

 terior contiguous transverse discal 

 spots and two rounded widely - 

 separated central spots to pro- 

 notum, and longitudinal fasciae 

 to scutellum and corium, black : 

 membrane very pale fuliginous, 

 subhyaline, the venation and two 

 postei'ior discal angulate lines 

 black ; antenna) with the apex of 

 the second joint fuscous, third 

 and fourth joints black, base of 

 third stramineous. 



Length 5 to 6},- millim. 

 JIab. Ceylon; Tangalla(&Vem). 



Fig. 299. — lAicitamts punctattis. 



Genus DEE.ffiOCORIS. 



Deraeocoris, Eirschb. Jahr. V. Nat. Herz. Nassau, Heft x, p. 208 (1855) ; 



Stdl, Hem. Afr. iii, p. 20 (1865) ; Rent. Act. Soc. So. Fenii. xxiii, 



no. 2, p. 18 (1898), et syn. 

 Macrocapsus, Bent. Of v. Fiiislc. Soc. ForJi. xxi, p. 55 (1879). 



