HEEMOLAUS, 169 



280. Eusarcocoris capitatus, sp. n. 



Brownish-ochi'aceoLis, thickly and rather finely punctate ; pro- 

 notum tinged with castaneous, the anterior and lateral marginal 

 edges, and a round spot on anterior ai-ea, fasciately connected with 

 lateral margins, ochi-aceous, darkly punctate ; head elongateand some- 

 what narrow, much as in the genus Sepontia, but not prominently 

 deflected ; scutellum broad, much as in E. montivagus, but shorter, 

 the basal area usually distirtctly darl^er in hue ; corium sparingly 

 and coarsely punctate, basal lateral margins pale ochraceous : body 

 beneath brovvnish-ochraceous, darkly punctate ; central area of 

 meso- and metasterna, and a broad central fascia to abdomen, 

 narrowed posteriorly, black ; central area and base of under 

 surface of head luteous, levigate ; rostrum just passing the posterior 

 coxae, its apex piceous ; antennae luteous, fourth and fifth joints 

 brovvnish-ochraceous ; lateral angles of pronotum subprominent, 

 rounded, with a small nodule near apex. 



Length 4 ; breadth between pronotal angles 3 millim. 



Bah. Calcutta, 



Atkinson (J. A. S. B. 1888, p. 39) also enumerates E. ynujulosus. 

 Walk. (Cat. Het. ii, p. 276, 1867), as belonging to the fauna of 

 British India. The unique type of Walker's species cannot, however, 

 now be found in the Collection of the British Museum, and without 

 the type or typical specimens his species must be treated as non- 

 existent. Walker's names can only be accepted as authoritative 

 when his types can be x'eferred to ; his descriptions unfortunately 

 are nearly always useless. 



Genus HERMOLAUS, nov. 



Type, H. typicus, Dist. 



Distribution. Brit. India. 



Head long, narrow, tapering anteriorly ; central lobe somewhat 

 raised and prominent, its apex slightly projecting beyond the 

 lateral lobes ; lateral areas deflected, lateral margins slightly 

 sinuate iu front of eyes ; antennae five-jointed, basal joint not 

 reaching apex of head. Rostrum long, reaching the fourth 

 abdominal segment; second joint shorter than third and fourth 

 together. Pronotum anteriorly deflected, anterior margin concave, 

 centrally truncate, lateral angles subprominent. Scutellum broad, 

 a little more than half the length of abdomen, narrowed about 

 centre, its apex broadly rounded ; corium somewhat short, its 

 apical angle extending but little beyoud apex of scutellum ; 

 membrane a little longer than abdomen. 



