.ETHALOTUS. 3 



passing the abdominal apex ; rostrum extending to the inter- 

 mediate coxae ; legs short, first joint of the posterior tarsi as long 

 as or scarcely longer than the second and third joints together ; 

 antennae with the first joint passing apex of clypeus, second 

 and third equally long, fourth considerably longer than third." 

 (Breddin.) 



" Length, rf 4|, $ 5| millim." 



Hob. Ceylon ; Puttalam, Anuradhapura (fide Breddin). 



2770. JEthalotus indicatus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 318 (1909). 



Above black ; pronotum and corium finely, thickly, obscurely 

 pilose ; lateral margins of the pronotum (not reaching basal angles) 

 dull sanguineous ; head beneath, sternum, and legs black, pro- 

 sternum dull sanguineous ; abdomen beneath dull yellowish white, 

 the apical segment black ; coxae and trochanters dull ochraceous ; 

 vertex (including eyes) twice as broad as long ; ocelli about twice 

 as far removed from each other as from eyes, between the ocelli a 

 broad longitudinal impression, the margins of which are slightly 



Fig. 1. JEthalotus indicatus. 



ridged; antennae black, concolorous, second and third joints almost 

 equally long, fourth longer than third; pronotum distinctly 

 coarsely punctate, strongly transversely impressed, the anterior 

 lobe thus well defined ; scutellum with a strong central ridge, 

 membrane not passing the abdominal apex ; rostrum reaching the 

 intermediate coxae ; first joint of the posterior tarsi shorter than 

 second and third together. 

 Length 5f millim. 



