3(36 coEEiD.i:. 



rostrum with the third and fourth joiuts subequal iu length ; 

 pronotal angles not prominent. 



Length 15; breadth between pronotal angles 4^ miilim. 



Hab. Ceylon {Green). 



606. Homceocerus nigridorsum, How. Termesz. FUzetek, 1889, p. 34. 



Eeddish-ochraceous, thickly and rather coarsely punctate ; pro- 

 notimi with an obsolete central levigate line ; apex of scutellum and 

 anterior lateral margins of corium pale ochraceous, impunctate ; 

 head with a central infuscated sulcation ; antennae short, stout, 

 second joint longest, fourtli shortest, shorter than first ; abdomen 

 above black ; connexivum, two discal spots, an apical median line, 

 and six small spots on each lateral area luteous : body beneath 

 luteous, sternum coarsely punctate, legs reddish-ochraceous ; 

 rostrum with the third joint slightly shorter than fourth ; lateral 

 pronotal angles subprominent. 



Length 13 to 14 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4i miilim. 



Hah. Himalaya (3his. JS'at. Hungar.). Nilgiri Hills (Hampson), 



607. HomcBOcerus inontaniis, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) vii, p. 11 (1901). 



Ochraceous ; apical joint of antennae (excluding extreme base) 

 roseate ; apical area of corium more or less infuscated ; abdomen 

 above ochraceous, with a double series of subquadrate sanguineous 

 spots : antennae with the first and fourth joints incrassated, second 

 joint longest, third slightly shorter than fourth, which is subequal 

 in length to first joint ; body above coarsely punctate ; rostrum 

 with the third joint shorter than fourth. 



Var. Posterior margin of the pronotum, clavus, and internal 

 area of corium infuscated. 



Length 14 to 17 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4 to 

 5 miilim. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills (iiTrti^jJsoH). Kanara (CoZZ. Z)is<.). 



608. Homceocerus serrifer, Westiv. (Coreus) in Hopt Cat. ii, p. 24 



(1842); Disi. P. Z. S. 1901, i. p. 329. 

 Homceocerus unipunctatus, Dall. {nee TJnmh.) List Hem. ii, p. 447 



(1852). 

 Homceocerus parvulus, Walk. Cat. Het. ix, p. 101. 32 (1871). 



Ochraceous, thickly and somewhat darkly punctate ; corium with 

 a small discal fuscous spot on the apical area ; lateral margins of 

 the pronotum and basal lateral margins of conium pale luteous : 

 body beneath and legs luteous ; a small fuscous spot on each 

 lateral area of meso- and metasterna : abdomen \Aith a longi- 

 tudinal series of small fuscous or blackish spots on each lateral 

 area and some scattered spots of the same size and colour on disk ; 

 antennae ochraceous or very pale castaneous, apices of second and 

 third joints sometimes obsoletely fuscous, second joint longest, 



