12 Mr. W. L. Distant on Oriental Capsidse. 



considerably passing the abdominal apex ; legs somewhat 

 slender, the femora moderately thickened, the posterior tibiae 

 spinulose, posterior tarsi with the first joint a little longer 

 than second. 



In the Indian enumeration this genus may be placed near 

 Tyraquellus. 



Serebceus discriminatus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum castaneous brown, eyes 

 dull sanguineous ; antennse pale ochraceous, the basal joint 

 castaneous; corium pale greyish, subhyaline, base of clavus 

 and a transverse broad fascia crossing corium and apex o£ 

 clavus fuscous brown ; cuneus bright, pale castaneous ; 

 membrane pale fuliginous with iridescent reflections ; body 

 beneath sanguineous, legs and rostrum stramineous, suinules 

 to the posterior tibise fuscous ; first joint of antenna longly 

 spinulose anteriorly ; lateral pronotal margins with a few 

 long hairs; scutellum and corium distinctly palely pilose; 

 structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon; Peradeniya (Green). 



DlOCLERUS, gen. nov. 



Head strongly deflected anteriorly, viewed from above 

 short and broad, eyes prominent, oblique, considerably ex- 

 tending beyond the anterior margins of the pronotum ; an- 

 tennse witli the first joint a little longer than pronotum, 

 slightly thickened near base, second joint twice as long as 

 first, third a little more than half the length of second ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotum thickly 

 punctate, at base about one-third broader than long, and 

 three times broader than anterior margin, a distinct narrow 

 anterior collar, behind which it is transversely impressed, and 

 on the anterior area centrally longitudinally sulcate, basal 

 and anterior margins truncate, the lateral margins oblique ; 

 scutellum small, broadly subtriangular, finely obscurely pilose; 

 corium (including cuneus) subequal in length to posterior 

 tibia?, excluding costal area and including clavus distinctly 

 ihickly punctate and subpilose, the costal margin moderately 

 convex, narrowing to apex, cuneus slender, longer than 

 broad, pilose ; membrane almost as long as corium (excluding 

 cuneus), and with a longitudinal posteriorly curved cell on 

 basal area ; legs of moderate length, pilose. 



In the Indian enumeiation this genus may be placed 

 between Oyrlorrhinus and Zanehius. 



