266 APPENDIX. CAPSID^E. 



3045. Thaumaturgus typicus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 519 

 (1909). 



Black ; third joint of antennae with the basal half pale stra- 

 mineous ; clavus and the corium (excluding apical area) thickly, 

 finely, palely pilose, a short, white, oblique, transverse line near 

 middle of costal area and a continuous, curved, transverse, white 

 line crossing corium and apex of clavus before the apical area of 



Fig. 142. Thaumaturgus typicus. 



corium ; membrane fuliginous, the basal area darker by reflecting 

 the abdomen beneath ; body beneath black ; femora castaneous, 

 tibiae fuscous, apex of anterior tibiae, apical half of intermediate 

 tibiae, and base and apex of posterior tibiae pale ochraceous ; tarsi 

 pale ochraceous, their apices black; structural characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Length 3 millim. 



Hob. Calcutta (2nd. Mus.). Madhupur (Paiva). Ceylon ; 

 Peradeniya (Green). 



On chrysanthemum (C. A. Paiva). 



Genus SILANUS. 

 (Near Tyraquellus, Vol. II, p. 471.) 



Silanus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 519 (1909). 



Type, S. prcefectus, Dist. 

 Distribution. Ceylon. 



Head much longer than broad, anteriorly obtusely angularly 

 produced before bases of antennae ; eyes adpressed, their posterior 



