486 



CAPSID.^. 



broad as anterior, its surface sparingly but somewhat coarsely 

 punctate : luesouotnm exposed ; scutellum somewhat small and 

 moderately tumid ; hemelytra broad, finely punctate ; cuueus 

 broader than long ; membrane longly passing abdominal apex ; 

 legs mutilated in typical specimen. 



1467. Sophianus alces, sp. n. 



Head, antennae, pronotum, mesonotum, scutellum, and body 

 beneath black; eyes dull grey; apex of scutellum, hemelytra, and 

 the two apical joints of antennae dull flavous ; 

 apex of clavus, lateral vein to corium, and 

 basal and apical margins of cuneus piceous ; 

 membrane very pale fuliginous hyaline ; 

 pronotum distinctly coarsely punctate ; 

 corium obscurely pilose and obsoletely 

 finely punctate. 



Length 2 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Yatiyantota (Green). 



I have received a single specimen of this, 

 the most extraordinary Capsid with which 

 I am acquainted, the large eyes giving it a 

 somewhat Saldoid appearance. Its position 

 in the Isometopinse is howev'er clear, and in 

 that view 1 am supported by my friend 

 Mr. E. Saunders, whose opinion I was glad 



Fig. 319. 



Sophianus alecs. 



to receive on the question. 



Species of Capsidoi hnoivn only by descriptiotis and udiicJi I have 

 failed to identify. 



14G8. CapSUS albipes, Motsch. Bull. Sac Nat. Muse, xxxvi (2) p. 82 



(1863). 



Black ; head rufous ; lateral margins of hemelytra and the legs 

 white ; head triangular, shining, front foveolate, apex of clypeus 

 and the eyes fuscous-black ; pronotum transversely trapeziform, 

 subconvex, strongly punctate ; scutellum triangular, rugosely 

 punctate, posteriorly elevated, shining ; hemelytra medially mode- 

 rately dilated, jiosteriorly attenuated ; membrane unicolorously 

 opaque ; anteriorlv very distinctly punctate ; body beneath black. 



Length " | to 4 line.'" 



Hab. Ceylon; Patanuas (Patna ?) Mt. (fde Motsclmdsky). 



1469. Derseocoris rubroviilneratus, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 xxxvi (2) p. 83 (1863). 



Black, punctate, thorax shining with its posterior angles, the 

 apex of scutellum, and '' axillis geniculisque " rufous-testaceoiis ; 



