278 APPENDIX. CAPSID.E. 



margin prominent and reflexed; membrane in some lights with 

 prismatic reflections ; tarsi fuscous, the base paler. 



Length 4| to 5 millim. 



Hob. Bengal; Ganges Delta, Sorabkatti (Jenkins), Khulna 

 distr., Gurhalee and Shela F. S. (Jenkins), E. Hooghly, Fultah 

 (Jenkins, Ind. Mus. $ Coll. Dist.). 



Mr. J. T. Jenkins took many of these specimens " at light." 



Genus DIOCLERTJS. 

 Dioclerus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 12 (1910). 



Type, D. prcefectus, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Head strongly deflected anteriorly, viewed from above short 

 and broad ; eyes prominent, oblique, considerably extending beyond 

 the anterior margins of the pronotum ; antennae with the first joint 

 a little longer than pronotum, slightly thickened near base, second 

 joint twice as long as first, third a little more than half the length 



Fig. 151. Dioclerus prcefectus. 



of second ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotum thickly 

 punctate, at base about one-third broader than long, and three 

 times broader than anterior margin, a distinct narrow anterior 

 collar, behind which it is transversely impressed, and on the 

 anterior area centrally longitudinally sulcate, basal and anterior 

 margins truncate, the lateral margins oblique ; scutellum small, 

 broadly subtriangular, finely obscurely pilose ; corium (including 

 cuneus) subequal in length to posterior tibiae, excluding costal area 



