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ochraceous ; rostrum, tibiae, and tarsi brownish ochraceous, apex 

 of rostrum black ; head granulose, with a pale, central, longitudinal 

 spot at base ; pronotuin punctate and shortly, palely pilose ; clavus 

 and corium thickly, palely pilose ; other structural characters as 

 in generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green}. 



Genus NICOSTRATUS. (Vol. II, p. 475.) 

 3047. Nicostratus princeps, Dist. Entomologist, 1909, p. 60. 



Brownish ochraceous ; a transverse white fascia crossing corium 

 and clavus at apex of scutellum ; membrane piceoua ; head very 

 large and globose, almost circular, about as long as broad, with a 

 transverse rounded incised line between the eyes ; antennae pale 

 ochraceous, apices of second and third joints, and the apical 

 joint excluding base, black, second joint subequal in length to 

 third and fourth together ; pronotum strongly transversely con- 

 stricted before middle, the anterior area or lobe narrow and 



Fig. 144. Nicostratus princeps. 



armed with two strong diverging spines, the posterior area or 

 lobe globosely tumid, deflected anteriorly, the lateral angles sub- 

 prominent, the posterior margin very slightly concavely sinuate ; 

 scutellum developed into a strong upright semi-acute spine ; 

 corium with the lateral margins concavely sinuate, widened and 

 tumid at apices ; membrane considerably passing the abdominal 

 apex ; legs almost uniformly brownish ochraceous. 



Length, 5 millira. 



Hob. Nilgiri Hills ; Barwood Estate (H. Leslie Andrevues). 



Strongly differing from N. balteatus, Dist., by the much larger 

 and more strongly developed head, different colour, more acute 

 spine to scutellum, &c. 



