264 APPENDIX. CAPSID^E. 



pale fuscous, longly passing the abdominal apex ; tibiae finely 

 spinulose. 



Length 5 inillim. 



Hob. Darjiling, 6000 ft. 



To be separated from L. mutabilis by its unicolorous hue, much 

 less pilose corium, less tumid scutellum, &c. 



Division PILOPHOXARIA. 

 Pilophoraria, Rent. Hem. Gymn. Europ. iii, p. 5G(i (1883). 



Genus ZARATUS. 

 Zaratus, Dist. Entomologist, 1909, p. 59. . 



Type, Z. repandus, Dist. 



Distribution. Nilgiri Hills. 



Head subtriangular, obliquely deflected in front of eyes, 

 obscurely centrally longitudinally sulcate on disk ; eyes of moderate 

 size but a little projecting beyond the anterior margin of the pro- 

 notum ; antennae with the first joint nearly as long as head, second 

 joint more than twice as long as first, third longer than first, 

 fourth mutilated ; rostrum not quite reaching the intermediate 

 coxae, first joint about reaching base of head ; pronotum elongate, 

 but a little broader at base than long, transversely constricted a 

 little before anterior margin, posteriorly convexly tumid, anterior 

 and posterior margins truncate, the lateral margins narrowing to 

 apex, angularly sinuate at the transverse constriction, thence 

 straight to anterior margin ; scutellum small, subtriangular ; 

 clavus long, almost reaching to base of cuneus ; corium with the 

 lateral margins strongly concavely sinuate, broadly widened at the 

 cuneal area ; membrane slightly passing the abdominal apex ; 

 abdomen broad, globose, constricted at base; legs of moderate 

 length, the posterior tibiae moderately curved and thickened (the 

 posterior tarsi mutilated). 



3044. Zaratus repandus, Dist. Entomologist, 1909, p. 59. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum pale cinnamon-brown ; scutellum 

 with an obscure pale concave line and a small basal spot ; corium 

 pale cinnamon-brown, an oblique basal spot on each side, which 

 are almost connected with a transverse spot beyond apex of scu- 

 tellum, and a transverse concave fascia on each side before cuneus 

 whitish, the cuneal suture more obscurely whitish ; membrane 

 black, with an obscure pale transverse fascia near base ; legs pale 



