Mi'. W. L. Distant on Oriental Capsidae. 13 



Dioclerus prcffectus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, clavus, and body beneatli 

 golden-vellow ; corinm, cuneus, membrane, and legs pale 

 stramineous ; eyes and an apical spot to abdomen black ; 

 antenna; fuscous brown, the basal joint obscure stramineous ; 

 apices of femora slightly Infuscate, tarsal claws black ; coriuin 

 with a small dark spot on each side of claval apex, the costal 

 area impunctate and thus appearing paler in hue ; other 

 characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). 



DORTUS, gen. nov. 



Head longer than broad, but very strongly deflected in 

 front of eyes, which are large and prominent and extend 

 beyond the anterior margins of the pronotum ; antenna? 

 longly pilose, first joint about as long as head, scarcely 

 thickened, second more than twice as long as first, third and 

 fourth together shorter than second ; rostrum passing the 

 intermediate coxa?; pronotum at base much broader but not 

 twice as broad as long, but more than twice broader than 

 anterior margin, a very narrow anterior collar, transversely 

 impressed before anterior margin, and thus enclosing two 

 transverse callosities, with the exception of which the surface 

 is thickly punctate, lateral margins sinuately oblique, lateral 

 posterior margins oblique, truncate before scutellum; scu- 

 tellum moderately tumid, subtriangular ; coriuin (excluding 

 cuneus) about as long as posterior tibia?; clavus and coriuin 

 (excepting costal area) thickly punctate, cuneus nearly as 

 broad at base as long, and longly pilose; membrane con- 

 siderably passing the abdominal apex, its greatest length 

 equal to that of corinm (excluding cuneus); legs of moderate 

 length, strongly pilose, femora only moderately thickened, 

 the posterior femora slightly more so. 



Near Cyrtorrhinus, Fieb. 



Dortus primarius, sp. n. 



Head pale brownish ochraceous, centrally longitudinally 

 darker in hue, eyes black ; antenna? ochraceous, pilose, apex 

 of the second joint black, third and fourth joints fuliginous, 

 base of third ochraceous ; pronotum pale brownish ochra- 

 ceous, thickly punctate, the lateral margins broadly pieeous 

 the transverse anterior callosities smooth ; scutellum pale 

 brownish ochraceous, with a central longitudinal pieeous 



