Mr. W. L. Distant on Rhyncliota. 603 



than long, obliquely deflected towards head, posterior angles 

 subpromiuent and broadly subacutely rounded, anterior 

 angles minutely laterally toothed ; scutellum about as broad 

 at base as long, a little longer than pronotum, apex rounded, 

 passing inner angle of corium; corium Avith the lateral 

 margin a little convex, apical margin oblique, slightly con- 

 vex ; membrane short, apically rounded, scarcely passing 

 abdominal apex, veins robust, about seven in number; tibiae 

 moderately sulcated. 



Type, M. {Caura) durbanensis, Dist. 



This genus principally differs from Caura, Stal, by the 

 structure of the head and shoiter and more rounded mem- 

 brane. I originally included the type in the genus Caura, 

 but find it requires distinct generic position. 



Chaubattiana, gen. nov. 



Subelongate ; head longer than broad between eyes, 

 narrowed towards apex, the lateral margins distinctlv 

 sinuate, somewhat angulate before the eyes ; lobes of equal 

 length, the apex subtruncate ; eyes large, somewhat strongly 

 produced, reaching the apices of the anterior pronotal 

 angles, ocelli near base of head and close to inner margins of 

 eyes ; antennse five- jointed, basal joint short, not nearly 

 reaching apex of head, remaining joints almost subequal in 

 length, second and third slightly longest ; rostrum slender, 

 reaching the posterior coxae, first joint not reaching base of 

 head, second about reaching anterior coxse ; pronotum about 

 half as long as broad at base, posterior angles not produced, 

 anterior margin concave, lateral margins oblique, entire, 

 neither serrate nor crenulate, basal margin truncate before 

 scutellum, thence oblique to lateral angles ; scutellum 

 passing the middle of abdomen, about as long as broad at 

 base, sinuate beyond middle and near inner angle of corium 

 and prominently narrowed to apex, which is rounded, apical 

 margin of corium moderately sinuate ; connexivum exposed 

 from about one-third from basal margin of corium ; mem- 

 brane not or only 'slightly passing the abdominal apex ; 

 abdomen beneath acutely spined at base, the spine about 

 reaching the apex of posterior coxae, abdominal spiracles 

 prominent. 



This genus, in the arrangement pursued in my Indian 

 Rhynchota (Fauna Brit. India), vol. i., will be placed in the 

 division Nezaria (p. 218), and in that enumeration must be 

 located near Piezodorus. 



