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membrane well developped, as long as clavus; femora moderately 

 thickened, anterior lemora spined beneath. 

 Type M. ceromatica Dist. 



Mahisa ceromatica sp. n. — Piceous black; posterior area 

 of pronotum, margins, and apex of clavus, latéral margins of 

 coriiim, rostram, basai margin of prosternum, latéral margins of 

 meso and metasterna, cox;e, and abdomen beneath, pale teslaceous; 

 membrane piceous - brown with the basai margins broadly 

 ochraceous; femora piceous, their bases, and the tibias and tarsi 

 ochraceous, antennœ with the first and third joints piceous, second 

 brown with ils apex piceous, fourth stran:ineous with its apical 

 half brown; pronotum, exceptly the anterior area, and the scutel- 

 lum, sparsely fmely punctate, clavus and corium more densely 

 punctate, but the last with the latéral margins almost impunctate. 



Var. Corium dull ochraceous, with a large subtriangular piceous 

 patch on apical area. 



Long. 6 to 8 mill. 



Hab. : Ceylon; Wellawaya (E. E. Green). 



Division Rhyparochromaria. 

 AGUNGA gen. nov. 



Head short, much broader than long, as broad as anterior margin 

 of pronotum, narrowed anteriorly where the central lobe slightly 

 projects, eyes recurved, projecting beyond the anterior margins of 

 the pronotum; antennas inserted at some distance from eyes, robust, 

 first joint slightly passing apex of head, second clavate towards 

 apex, third more strongly so, fourth clavate, pyriform; rostrum 

 just passing the anterior coxae, first joint extending a Utile beyond 

 base of head; pronotum subquadrate, anterior lobe longer than 

 posterior, divided by a deep transverse incision, the latéral margins 

 a little concavely sinuate, anterior margin truncate, posterior 

 margin a little rounded; scutellum subtriangular, the basai area 

 moderately gibbous; latéral margins of the corium parallel; anterior 

 femora thickened, anterior tibiae with a short spine at apex. 



AUied to Appolonius Dist. 



Agunga crassa sp. n. — Head, pronotum, and scutellum 

 black, pronotum with a latéral stramineous spot at each extremity 

 of the transverse incision; corium very pale ochraceous, darkiy 

 punctate, two elongate black spots on each latéral margin at and 

 beyond middle, and with a large greyish white spot at each anterior 

 angle ; membrane fuliginous with the veins black ; body beneath 



