ONC YL ASPIS . PONSIL A . 



abdomen olivaceous-black ; sternum dull, opaque, piceous ; apical 

 joints of the antennae piceous ; head black beneath, with a basal 

 ochraceous spot or patch. Finely and obscurely punctate. 



Length 9 ; max. breadth 8 millim. 



Hah. ]S".W. Himalaya {Coll. Dist.): N. India {Brit. Mus.). 



Genus ONCYLASPIS. 



Oncylaspis, Stal, Hem. Afr. i, p. 2 (1864) ; En. Hem. v, p. 4 (1876). 



Type, 0. ruficeps, Dall. 



Distribution. Burma, Tenasserim. 



Allied to Tarichea. Eyes transversely oblique ; anterior lateral 

 angles of the pronotum obtusely acute ; head larger, more con- 

 cave, lateral lobes meeting more widely in front of central lobe. 



4, Oncylaspis ruficeps, Ball. (Plataspis) List Hem. i, p. 73. 5 (1851) ; 

 Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 6 (1876). 



Above shining black ; head and anterior angles of the pronotum 

 reddish-ochraceous ; body beneath and legs reddish-brown or 



Fig. 4. — Onci/laspis ruficeps. 



reddish-ochraceous, the anal area and central disk to abdomen 

 black ; sternum opaque. 



Length 10 ; max. breadth 8 millim. 



Hah. Burma; Karen Hills (Oo/teri?/). Tenassei-im (5ri^ 3/ms.). 



Genus PONSILA. 



Ponsila, Sthl, Oft: Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1858, p. 433; Hem. Afr. i, 

 pp. 2 & 7 (1864). 



Type, P. luctans, Stal, a West-African species. 



Distribation. Tropical Africa and Oriental Region. 



Body broadly ovate, above moderately convex. Head broad, 



