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



each basal angle. Corium with a narrow oblique casta- 

 neous stripe near centre. Membrane fuscous. Body be- 

 neath (imperfectly examined owing to the specimen being 

 carded) dark brownish and punctate, much irrorated with 

 luteous markings, generally levigate, of which the most 

 prominent are some central spots on sternum, two large 

 contiguous spots on lateral margins of prosternum, and 

 the central base of same, two transverse lineate spots on 

 each side of mesosternum, an oblong submarginal spot, 

 and two narrow marginal spots to metasternum with base 

 of same, lateral margins of abdomen broken at incisures, 

 and anterior and posterior segmental margins. Femora 

 dark shining fuscous, their apices luteous ; tibiae luteous, 

 striped with fuscous; tarsi black. Long. 8 mm. ; exp. 

 pronot. angular apices, 8 mm. ; lat. at base of corium, 

 4^- mm. 



Hah. Nara. 



This species is allied to A. coronatus, Stal, which was 

 received from the Deccan, but differs from the descrip- 

 tion of that species by the colour of the antennae, femora 

 and lateral margins of the pronotum, the longitudinal 

 fasciae in front of the head, and also by its relative size, 

 which in Stal's species, though agreeing in length, has a 

 greater expanse at pronotal angles, and also an increased 

 breadth of body. From A.japonicus, Scott, it differs by 

 the luteous markings of the head and pronotum, &c. 



Parastkachia, n. g. 



Body elongate and ovate ; head large, the lateral lobes 

 longer than the central, not meeting in front, the lateral 

 margins slightly ampliated and very strongly reflexed ; 

 antennae with the basal joint passing the apex of the 

 head ; pronotum with the lateral margins reflexed, the 

 anterior lateral margins ampliated, the anterior angles 

 subacute, the posterior angles somewhat broadly rounded 

 and subprominent ; scutellum long, the lateral margins 

 almost straight, the apex attenuated, the basal portion 

 moderately gibbous, from which a central, longitudinal 

 robust carination extends to near apex ; corium with the 

 lateral margins moderately convex ; membrane passing 

 the apex of the abdomen ; rostrum passing the posterior 

 coxae ; abdomen with a prominent central longitudinal 

 ridge, but without a basal spine. 



