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on apical half of scutellum, base and apex of clavus, costal margin 

 and outside margin of clavus to coriuin, two small spots before 

 base of membrane, and cuneus (excluding two basal spots) san- 

 guineous ; membrane very pale fuscous, the posterior margins of 

 the cells sanguineous ; body beneath and legs stramineous, tibial 

 spinules concolorous ; rostrum stramineous, apex of basal joint 

 dull sanguineous ; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). 



Genus ELTHEMUS. 

 Elthemus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 451 (1909). 



Type, E. conspicatwt, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Head a little longer than broad, centrally longitudinally sulcate ; 

 eyes transverse, prominent, projecting beyond the anterior 

 margins of the pronotum ; antennae with the first joint thickened, 

 longer than the head, second joint three times as long as first and 

 considerably longer than third, fourth only slightly longer than 

 first ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotum much 

 broader than long, narrowed anteriorly, with a short but distinct 

 collar, the lateral margins oblique, posterior margin subtruucate, 

 slightly transversely impressed about one-third from anterior 

 margin, the anterior area with two callosities, in some specimens 

 these callosities are united, the disk (excluding anterior area) 

 finely punctate ; scutellum triangular ; corium (excluding cuneus) 

 as long as posterior tibiae and closely finely pilose, cuneus 

 elongately triangular ; membrane passing the abdominal apex ; legs 

 of moderate length, femora moderately thickened, the posterior 

 femora more strongly so, tibiae spinulose, posterior tarsi with the 

 first and second joints subequal in length. 



Allied to Tancredus, Dist., but differing by the greater length 

 of the basal joint of antennae, the non-prominent pronotal angles, 

 the much larger scutellum, the longer corium, &c. 



'3021. Elthemus conspicatus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8)iv,p. 4oi(l909). 



Head dull ochraceous, eyes black*-; antennae with the first joint 

 blackish, remaining joints brownish ; pronotum piceous black, the 

 anterior collar and posterior narrow margin ochraceous ; scutellura 

 ochraceous, with piceous suffusions, the most prominent being a 

 more or less distinct basal spot ; clavus and corium blackish, the 

 costal area more or less ochraceous, the blackish coloration 

 extending across it near apex as an elongate costal spot : cuneus 

 pale ochraceous, its margins darker ; membrane fuscous ; body 



