88 APPENDIX. LYG^IDJE. 



clavus very coarsely longitudinally punctate ; the disk sparingly 

 coarsely punctate ; body beneath and legs pilose ; legs of moderate 

 length, the femora moderately and uniformly thickened. 



Allied to the Neotropical genus Rhaptus, Stal. Judging from 

 the description, it also possesses some resemblance or affinity with 

 Lisjpochroa, Bredd., but from this genus (?) is distinct by the 

 shorter hemelytra. 



2863. Lna tartarea, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 343 (1909). 



Body above and beneath shining black ; antennae and legs pale 

 ochraceous ; apical joint of antennae and base of first joint piceous ; 

 femora (excluding apices) more or less pale castaneous ; head 

 between the eyes smooth and shining, remaining area punctate ; 

 pronotum with the basal area coarsely punctate, before which it is 



Fig. 42. Lua tartarea. 



obscurely transversely impressed, between this impression and the 

 anterior punctate collar the surface is smooth and shining ; 

 scutellum punctate, the basal area smooth and shining, between 

 which and apez is an obscure central longitudinal line ; corium 

 punctate as described in generic diagnosis, an obscure pale brownish 

 spot on each side of clavus near apex of scutellum and a similar 

 subcostal spot on corium a little beyond base ; membrane short, 

 indistinct, dull brownish ochraceous, not reaching apex of abdomen ; 

 sternum irregularly punctate beneath, as shown in figure. 



Length 3 millim. 



Hob. Ceylon; Nalanda (Green); Minikoi (Gardiner). 



In the Minikoi specimens the spots to the corium are much 

 brighter than in the Ceylonese type, and the extreme lateral margins 

 to the pronotum (sometimes) and the posterior lateral pronotal 

 angles (frequently) are ochraceous. 



