178 APPENDIX. BEDTJYIIDjE. 



cellular spaces; eyes black; first joint of antennae longer than 

 abdomen, scarcely longer than second joint ; hemelytra about 

 reaching abdominal apex; posterior femora as long as body in- 

 cluding head, considerably passing abdominal apex. 



Fig. W.Luteva malayana. 



Length 7 inillim. 



Hob. Ceylon; Peradeniya (Green). Siamese Malay States 

 (Annandale <$f Robinson). 



Genus ELYMAS. (To precede Plcearia, Vol. II, p. 209.) 

 Elymas, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 504 (1909). 



Type, E. prcesentans, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Head strongly narrowed at base, transversely impressed be- 

 tween eyes, anteocular a little shorter than postocular area ; 

 rostrum reaching the anterior coxae, first joint short, not reaching 

 eyes, second longest ; antennae long, slender, first joint longest, 

 about as long as from apex of mesonotum to apex of abdomen, 

 second joint shorter than first and about as long as abdomen ; 

 pronotum elongate, a little widened at apex and a little shorter 

 than anterior coxae ; mesonotum laterally sinuate, moderately 

 widened posteriorly ; apterous ; abdomen above with the lateral 

 margins recurved and ridged, almost meeting on apical area, the 



