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virescent and the membranal cells posteriorly margined with the 

 same colour ; the upper surface is distinctly, finely, palely pilose ; 

 structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). 



Genus ANTIPHILUS. 



Antiphilus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 521 (1909). 



Type, A. amicus, Dist. 



Distribution. North India. 



Elongate ; head about as broad as long, anteriorly deflected ; 

 eyes straightly transverse, distinctly removed from base of head ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; antennae pilose, first joint a 

 little longer than head and moderately thickened, second a little 

 more thau twice as long as first, third twice as long as fourth, 

 third and fourth together about as long as second ; pronotum 

 about twice as broad as long, basal margin twice as broad as 



Fig. 147. Antiphiliis amicus. 



anterior margin, distinctly transversely impressed before middle, 

 and in front of this impression moderately transversely bi-callose. 

 the lateral margins obliquely sinuate, the posterior angles obtuse : 

 scutellum broadly subtriangular ; corium (excluding cuneus) 

 almost as long as posterior tibife, about two and a half times as 

 long as broad at greatest width ; cuneus much longer than broad 

 at base, angularly narrowed at apex ; membrane large, its greatest 



