480 



CAPSID.52. 



Fiff. ol2. — Haltk-us mimitus. 



1460. Halticus minutus, Rent. Ent. Tuhkr. \, p. 107 (lS84j. 



Black, shining, above somewhat 

 pubescent : first, second, basal 

 area of third, and base of fourth 

 joint of antennae, apices of femora, 

 tibiae and tarsi very palely flaves- 

 cent; apices of tarsi black ; second 

 joint of antennae about equal in 

 length to the lateral margin of 

 the corium, its apex frequently 

 black ; third and fourth joints 

 (base excepted) fuscous ; pronotum 

 obsoletely transversely strigose. 

 Length 1| to 1| millim. 

 Hab. Ceylon; Per ad en iy a 

 ( Green) . — Singapore (Jide lieutcr). 

 Cochin-China. 



Mr. E. E. Grreen informs me 

 that the species simulates a llal- 



ticid beetle, and leaps in the same way. It punctures the leaves of 



a species of Ipomcea. Prof. Giard (C. li. 8oc. Biol. (n. s.) iv. 



pp.79-S2,lS02) has described its injurious action in Cochin-China. 



Genus BILIA, uov. 



Type, B. fmcta, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Broadly subovate ; head broad, strongly deflected in front of 

 eyes, which touch the anterior margin of the pronotum ; antennae 

 with the basal joint very short, second at least twice as long as 

 first, subequal in length to third, second and third setose : rostrum 

 short, reaching the anterior coxae ; pronotum broad, a little 

 deflected and laminate on each side, somewhat strongly pilose, 

 the anterior area behind head glabrous, beyond which it is slightly 

 impressed, but not transversely constricted ; scutellum small, 

 strongly transversely striated, depressed on each side ; corium 

 convexly laminately produced ; clavus obliquely suberect, almost 

 at right angles with corium ; cuueus a little longer than broad, 

 cuueal fracture exceedingly profound ; membrane longly passing 

 the abdominal apex ; legs of moderate size. 



14G1. Bilia fracta, sp. n. 



Black, strongly palely pilose; extreme 

 apex of head brownish-ochraceous ; an- 

 tennae, rostrum and legs pale stramineous ; 

 membrane pale fuliginous, its basal area 

 piceous ; pronotum (excluding glabrous 

 area behind head) finely transversely 

 striate ; corium finely punctate : scutellum 

 transversely, somewhat rugosely striate. 



Length 1^ millim. 



Bilia fracta. 



Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). 



