284 APPENDIX. CAPSID^;. 



pale fuscous rnottlings ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, 

 posterior femora apically black, tibiae spotted with black, and from 



Fig. 155. Badesorus tytianUs. 



these spots on the posterior tibiae the spinules arise in pairs, all 

 the spinules black, apices of tarsi black ; other characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Length 3 niillim. 



Hab. Punjab ; Lahore (Annandcde). 



Genus ACRATHEUS. 

 Acratheus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 16 (1910). 



Type, A. noctwnus, Dist. 



Distribution. Bengal. 



Head about as long as broad, strongly depressed anteriorly, a 

 little centrally foveately impressed between the eyes, which are 

 of moderate size, reach the base of head, and obliquely slightly 

 project beyond the anterior margins of the pronotum ; antennae 

 slender, first joint almost as long as head, second twice as long as 

 first, third and fourth subequal in length, each a little shorter 

 than second ; rostrum robust, reaching the intermediate coxae ; 

 pronotum anteriorly deflected at a short distance from base, 

 thickly strongly punctate, the lateral margins acute, at base twice 

 as broad as long and about one and a half times as broad as 

 anterior margin, anterior and posterior margins truncate, the 

 lateral margins oblique, posterior lateral angles subprominent ; 

 scutellum small, broad, subtriangular, a little longitudinally elevate 

 and on lateral areas punctate ; corium (including cuneus) as long 

 as posterior tibiae, including clavus thickly punctate, posteriorly 



