HEMispir.TiRir.s. 361 



bi'ownish ; pi-onotum with a distinct ceutral cariuatiou ; meso- 

 iiotum faintly transversely striate, «ith a short prominent 

 longitudinal carination on each side of disk ; tegmina verv finely 

 granulose. 



Length incl. tegm. o millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Anuradhapura, Mihintale {Miis. Honrp'ois). 



Dr. Horviith, of Budapest, has kindly enabled nie to see a 

 cotype of this species. 



B. Face with a medial red fascia. 



1932. Hemisphserius schaumi, Stal, Of v. Vet. -Ak. Fork. 186-j, p. 191 ; 



Melich. (excl. syii.) Horn. Faun. Coi/loii, p. 74 (1903). 



" Sordidly flavescent ; face flavo-virescent, \^ith a medial red 

 fascia : hemelytra sordidly subhyaline, the anterior costal margin 

 black, a small spot at base of suture, and two siibmedian sub- 

 curved oblique llavous lines." (StdJ.) 



A very variable species in coloration, the ground-colour of the 

 tegmina (excluding margins) dull ochraceous or frequently black, 

 the margins, however, and the oblique line and spots always pale 

 virescent ; anterior margin of mesonotum black ; anterior tibise 

 more or less spotted and streaked with piceous ; face with a single 

 central red fascia. 



Length incl. tegm. 5 to 6 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Maskeliya (Green). 



1933. Hemisphserius nilgiriensis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, body beneath and legs pale 

 ochraceous ; head with the disk of vertex testaceous and with a 

 few black dots, sometimes wholly black ; face somewhat narrow, 

 with a very broad central longitudinal red fascia ; clypeus with 

 two red fasciae ; mesonotum testaceous, with three large pale 

 ochraceous spots ; hemelytra flavescent, the venation close, promi- 

 nent, somewhat reticulate, a moderately broad sublateral fascia 

 terminating at a little before apex on inner margin, a broader 

 central transverse fascia, from Avhich there posteriorly bifurcates a 

 short oblique fascia to suture, black ; body beneath speckled A\ith 

 fuscous, legs more or less streaked with piceous or black. 



Length incl. tegm. 4 millim. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills (//«;»psou). Utakamand (.liHus. Coll., Brit. 

 Mus.). 



1934. Hemisphaerius reticulatus, sp. n. 



Pale ochraceous, varying in depth of tint ; head with the vertex 

 ]iale testaceous, with a few piceous spots ; face with a central 

 fascia and the lateral margins testaceous ; clypeus with two longi- 

 tudinal fascia? testaceous ; pronotum with the margins black, 

 sometimes wholly of that colour ; tegmina with the venation very 



