DOKTUS. 279 



and including clavus distinctly thickly punctate and subpilose, the 

 costal margin moderately convex, narrowing to apex, cuneus 

 slender, longer than broad, pilose ; membrane almost as long as 

 corium (excluding cuneus), and with a longitudinal posteriorly 

 curved cell on basal area ; legs of moderate length, setose. 



In this Indian enumeration the genus may be placed between 

 Cyrtorrhinus and Zanchius (vol. ii, pp. 476 & 477). 



3056. Dioclerus praefectus, List. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 13 (1910). 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, clavus, and body beneath golden- 

 yellow ; corium, cuneus, membrane, and legs pale stramineous ; 

 eyes and an apical spot to abdomen black ; antennae fuscous-brown, 

 the basal joint obscure stramineous ; apices of femora slightly 

 infuscate, tarsal claws black ; corium with a small dark spot on each 

 side of claval apex, the costal area impuuctate and thus appearing 

 paler in hue ; other characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green}. 



Genus DORTUS. 



(Near CyrtorrMnus, Vol. II, p. 476.) 

 Dortus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 13 (1910). 



Type, D. primarius, Dist. 



Distribution. Tenasserim. 



Head longer than broad between eyes, but very strongly deflected 

 in front of eyes, which are large and prominent and extend beyond 

 the anterior margins of the pronotum ; antennae longly pilose, first 

 joint about as long as head, scarcely thickened, second more than 

 twice as long as first, third and fourth together shorter than 

 second ; rostrum passing the intermediate coxae ; pronotum at 

 base much broader but not twice as broad as long, but more than 

 twice broader than anterior margin, a very narrow anterior collar, 

 transversely impressed before anterior margin, and thus enclosing 

 two transverse callosities, with the exception of which the surface 

 is thickly punctate, lateral margins sinuately oblique, lateral 

 posterior margins oblique, truncate before scutellnm ; scutellum 

 moderately tumid, subtriangular ; corium (excluding cuneus) about 

 as long as posterior tibiae ; clavus and corium (excepting costal 

 area) thickly punctate, cuneus nearly as broad at base as long, and 

 longly pilose ; membrane considerably passing the abdominal apex, 

 its greatest length equal to that of corium (excluding cuneus) ; 

 legs of moderate length, strongly setose, femora only moderately 

 thickened, the posterior femora slightly more so. 



