16 Mr. W. L. Distant on Oriental Capsidsft. 



AcRATHEUS, gen. nov. 



Head about as long as broad, strongly depressed anteriorly, 

 a little centrally foveately impressed between the eyes, which 

 are of moderate size, reach the base of head, and obliquely 

 slightly project beyond the anterior margins of the pronotum ; 

 antennas slender, first joint almost as long as head, second 

 twice as long as first, third and fourth subequal in length, 

 each a little shorter than second; rostrum robust, reaching 

 the intermediate coxa? ; pronotum anteriorly deflected at a short 

 distance from base, thickly strongly punctate, the lateral 

 margins acute, at base twice as broad as long and about one 

 and a half times as broad as anterior margin, anterior and 

 posterior margins truncate, the lateral margins oblique, poste- 

 rior lateral angles subprominent ; scutellum small, broad, 

 subtriangular, a little longitudinally elevate and on lateral 

 areas punctate ; corium (including cuneus) as long as poste- 

 rior tibise, including clavus thickly punctate, posteriorly 

 widened and rounded, cuneus very much broader than long, 

 interiorly transversely angulate, cuneal fracture profound ; 

 membrane longly passing the abdominal apex, its greatest 

 length almost equalling that of corium without cuneus ; legs 

 of moderate length, not spinulose. 



To be placed in the division Laboparia and by the profound 

 cuneal fracture near Bilia, Dist. 



Acratheus nocturnus, sp. n. 



Head orange-yellow, eyes black ; antennas stramineous, 

 apical joint infuscate ; pronotum, scutellum, and corium 

 black ; cuneus greyish white, with the basal marginal area 

 black ; membrane pale fuscous, with a large greyish-white 

 spot on lateral margin ; head beneath orange-yellow or pale 

 reddish ; sternum and abdomen black ; legs and rostrum pale 

 stramineous; apices of tarsi black; structural characters as 

 in generic diagnosis. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hah. Bengal ; Bhogaon, Purneah Distr. (Paiva) ; Calcutta 

 (lud. Mus.) ; Kumaon, Bhim Tal, 4500 feet (Annandale). 



ARISTOBULUS, gen. nov. 



Head about as broad as long, strongly deflected in front of 

 eyes, which are situate at base of head and project beyond the 

 anterior margin of the pronotum ; antennas piljse, with the 

 first joint a little shorter than head and with a few long hairs, 

 second more than twice as long as first, gradually mo lerately 



