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597. Homoeocerus punctum, Dull. List Hem. ii, p. 446 (1852) ; Stcll, 



En. Hem. iii, p; 01 (1873). 



Brownish-ochraceous, thickly and finely punctate, lateral mar- 

 gins of the pronotum and corium usually more or less distinctly 

 paler ; corium with a small whitish rounded spot near apical 

 margin, usually but not always surrounded by piceous : body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous, the central disk from head to apex 

 of abdomen paler and scarcely punctate ; antennae ochraceous, 

 covered with minute brown points, apices of the first, second, and 

 third joints black, apex of fourtli joint infuscated, first, second, 

 a,nd foui'th joints subequal in length, third a little the shortest ; 

 rostrum with the third and fourth joints subequal in length. Body 

 long, slender, elongate ; lateral angles of the pronotum rounded, 

 not acutely prominent. 



Length 15 to 18 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4 millim. 



Hah. Sikhim. Burma; Karennee (i^m). Tenasserim ; Myitta 

 (Doherti/), Malewoon, Thagata {Fea). — Common in the Malay 

 Peninsula ; I possess a specimen from Celebes ; it was described 

 with doubt as from Corea. 



In some specimens the antennae are almost unicolorous. 



598. HomcBOcerus simiolus, sp. n. 



Ochraceous or brownish-ochraceous, sometimes with a purplish 

 tinge, finely and darkly punctate ; antennaj very pale castaneous, 

 apices of the first, second, and third joints obsoletely blackish, 

 first joint slightly shorter than the pronotum, second longest, 

 apical joint ochraceous, more or less infuscated ; pronotum with 

 the lateral margins finely, blackly, subserrulate, the lateral angles 

 subprominent ; corium unspotted, the lateral margins luteous : 

 body beneath and legs pale luteous or greenish-luteous, meso- and 

 metasterua with a small black spot on each lateral area; rostrum 

 with the third and fourth joints subequal in length. 



Length LS-g to 17 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4 millim. 



Hab. Sikhim. Assam ; Khasi Hills (ChenneJI), Sibs;igar {Ind. 

 Mus.). Tenasserim : Myitta {Dolurty). 



Allied to H. immaculijiennis, Stal, but differing by the black 

 lateral pronotal margins, the spotted sternum, &c. 



599. Homceocerns graminis, Fahv. (Lygseus) Syst. Rhyng. p. 216. 55 



(1803) ; Sm, Hem. Fnh: i, p. 59 (1868). 

 Homoeocerus turbidus, Walk. Cat. Het. iv, p. 95. 15 (1871). 



Greenish or greenish-ochraceous, densely punctate above and on 

 sternum beneath, abdomen much more faintly punctate ; a small 

 spot near anterior angle of corium, and a fascia extending through 

 each lateral area of the body beneath, whitish ; membrane pale 

 bronzy, darker at base ; antennae long, pale castaneous, first and 

 second joints longest, second a little longer than first, third shorter 



