420 Mr. W. L. Distant's first report on the 



Neocazira, n. g. 



Head long and obliquely deflexed, lateral lobes slightly 

 longer than the central, rugose, with two central short 

 obtuse conical spines. Pronotum rugose, with two discal 

 obtuse conical spines, a shorter spine near centre of 

 lateral margins, and the lateral angles prominently but 

 obtusely spinous. Scutellum broad, deeply and concavely 

 sinuate near base, and then convexly widened and dilated 

 to apex, which is rounded and almost reaches the ab- 

 dominal apex ; gibbous and obtusely crenulate at base, 

 with a raised tubercle at centre, the apical portion 

 deflexed, and the apical margin obtusely crenulate. 

 Connexivum obtusely crenulate. Anterior femora in- 

 crassated, crenulate, and armed with some prominent 

 spines on under surface ; anterior tibiae broadly and con- 

 cavely dilated, and armed near anterior margin with a 

 distinct but somewhat obtuse spine ; intermediate and 

 posterior femora crenulate, armed with a prominent 

 spine beneath near apex. 



This genus is allied to Cazira, from which it is sepa- 

 rated by the broader, longer, and posteriorly deflexed 

 scutellum, &c. 



Neocazira confragosa, n. s. (PI. XIX., fig. 2). 



Blackish, more or less covered with greyish pile. An- 

 tennae dark castaneous, the apical joint ochraceous, with 

 its base castaneous, 2nd joint a little shorter than the 

 3rd, 3rd and 4th subequal in length, the 4th and 5th 

 distinctly incrassated. Head thickly covered with greyish 

 pile ; the eyes dark fuscous. Pronotum less pilose at 

 centre, where there is a central longitudinal posteriorly 

 widened darker area ; all the spines darker, and particu- 

 larly rugulose at base. Scutellum with the central 

 longitudinal area somewhat non-pilose and darker, the 

 raised central tubercle pale castaneous, behind which 

 the deflexed area is fuscous. Corium somewhat thickly 

 and palely pilose. Membrane fuscous. Anterior legs 

 dark fuscous, some of the tubercles on the femora and 

 tibiae being obscure castaneous, the apices of the tarsal 

 joints ochraceous. Intermediate and posterior femora 

 dark fuscous, spotted with ochraceous, especially towards 

 the apex ; tibiae dark fuscous, their apical halves ochra- 

 ceous, more or less tinged with castaneous; tarsi fuscous, 

 the bases of the 1st joint and apices of the 2nd and 3rd 



