236 APPENDIX. CAPSID^E. 



joint castaneous brown, apical area of second joint piceous ; anterior 

 and intermediate femora castaneous brown, their bases and tbe 

 whole of the tibiae and tarsi ochraceous, tarsal claws piceous ; 

 posterior femora ochraceous, their apical areas and the posterior 

 tibiae (excluding apex) black ; body beneath and coxas piceous ; 

 head finely, linearly sulcate between the eyes; first joint of 

 antennas about half as long as second joint, third distinctly shorter 

 than second and longer than fourth ; rostrum reaching the 

 posterior coxae ; rostrum ochraceous, basal joint castaueous-brown, 

 apex black and reaching the posterior coxae; pronotum trans- 

 versely wrinkled ; membrane fuscous, somewhat longly passing 

 the abdominal apex ; tibiae spinulose, the spinules black. 



Length incl. rnernbr., 9 millim. 



Hob. Nepal ; Soondrijal and Nagorkote (Ind. Mus.). Pussuin- 

 bing ; Darjiling (Mann). 



In some specimens the margin of the costal area to corium is 

 castaneous brown. 



3013. Megacoelum straminipes, Dist. A.M.N.H.(8) iv, p. 446 



(1909). 



Head brownish ochraceous, eyes black ; antennae with the first 

 joint piceous, second piceous biannulated with ochraceous, third 

 joiut fuscous, its base ochraceous ; pronotuin shining black, the 

 narrow anterior collar and extreme basal margin pale ochraceous ; 

 scutellum and corium black, finely pilose, the costal margin of the 

 latter brownish ochraceous ; cuneus brownish ochraceous, its outer 

 margin and inner angle black ; membrane fuscous, reflecting the 

 dark abdomen beneath ; body beneath piceous ; legs stramineous, 

 the posterior tibiae black ; head finely longitudinally sulcate 

 between the eyes ; antennae with the basal joint moderately 

 thickened, about half as long as second, third only a little shorter 

 than second (fourth mutilated in typical specimen) ; pronotum 

 finely transversely wrinkled and with two distinct callosities near 

 anterior margin ; membrane considerably passing abdominal apex ; 

 rostrum stramineous and reaching the posterior coxae ; tibiae 

 spinulose, the spinules black. 



Length incl. membr., 7 millim. 



Hob. Kangra Valley, 4500 ft. (Dudgeon). 



3014. Megacoelum mussooriensis, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 446 



(1909). 



Head black, posterior margins of eyes ochraceous ; antennae 

 black, second joint usually brownish ochraceous except at base and 

 apex ; pronotum brownish ochraceous, the anterior coUar and 

 extreme posterior margin pale ochraceous, two contiguous trans- 

 verse black spots near anterior margin and with a blackish 

 suffusion near posterior margin ; scutellum piceous or black ; 



