Mr. W. L. Distant on Oriental Capsidas. 19 



base; cuneus distinctly, more or less darkly, sparsely pilose ; 

 membrane hyaline ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, 

 anterior and intermediate femora slightly, posterior femora 

 more distinctly spotted with black, tibiae (the anterior less 

 prominently so) spotted with black, the spinules black and 

 placed near the black spots, apices of the tarsi black ; other 

 characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 34 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). 



Punctures leaves of Grotalaria verrucosa and C. incarna 

 (E. E. Green). 



Bagmus pellucidus, sp. n. 



Allied to R. import unitas } but smaller, paler, and somewhat 

 uniformly greyish ochraceous ; antennae concolorous, the 

 third and fourth joints not piceous; legs more obscurely 

 spotted with black. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hab. Simla Hills; Dharampur, .5000 h. {Annandah). 

 Punjab; Lahore (Annandale). Malabar; Cochin State, 

 Ernakulam (Annandale). 



This species seems to be quite distinct from its Ceylonese 

 ally, which is perfectly constant in a long series sent to me 

 by Mr. Green. 



Psallus kurseonyensis, sp. n. 



$ . Black, thickly palely pilose ; lateral margins of the 

 corium narrowly ochraceous ; cuneus sometimes pale casta- 

 neous, its basal and apical margins more or less distinctly 

 pale ochraceous; membrane fuliginous, the cellular and 

 apical margins paler; body beneath black, greyishly pilose; 

 legs ochraceous, apices of anterior and intermediate femora, 

 posterior femora (excluding basal areas), bases of anterior 

 and intermediate tibiae, macular annulations to posterior 

 tibiae, and the apices of the tarsi black; first a.nd second 

 joints of antennae black, third and fourth palely fuscous, 

 first joint as long or nearly as long as head, second joint more 

 than twice the length of first ; rostrum ochraceous, about 

 reaching the intermediate coxae ; pronotum with a transverse 

 foveate impression on each side of anterior area; tibiae 

 spiuulose, the spinules on the posterior tibiae inserted at the 

 black spots ; femora moderately but distinctly thickened, the 

 posterior femora more distinctly so. 



Length 3^ to 4 mm. 



Hab. E. Himalayas; Kurseong, 5000 ft. (hid. Mus.). 



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