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long, the lateral margins oblique and nearly straight, the posterior 

 margin also nearly straight ; scutellum small, triangular, its basal 

 margin considerably longer than the lateral margins ; tegmina 

 broad, distinctly widened near middle. 



Allied to Tambila, from which it differs by the large cephalic 

 vertex, shorter pronotum, broader scutellum, &c. 



3526. Malichus capitatus, sp. n. 



Vertex of |head pale ochraceous with some pale testaceous 

 maculate markings, especially near the anterior margin ; pronotum 

 and tegmina dark brownish, the anterior area of the pronotum some- 

 what pale ochraceous, lateral apical areas of the tegmina tinged 

 with " greyish white ; scutellum dull oehraceous, mottled with 



Fig. 10. Malichus capitatus. 



brownish ; face reddish-ochraceous, broadly apically ochraceous, 

 and submarginally broadly black, the clypeus also black ; body 

 beneath and legs more or' less ochraceous, bases of the femora 

 black ; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length incl. tegm. 7 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Bainbrigge Fletcher Pusa Coll.}. 



Genus NEODARTUS. (Vol. IV, p. 246.) 



NEODAKTUS ACOCEPHALOIDES. (Vol. IV, p. 246.) 

 Add : Hab. Bengal ; Calcutta, Katihar. 



NEODABTUS SCUTELLATUS. (Vol. IV, p. 246.) 



Add: Hab. South India; Coimbatore Chikkaballapura (T. V. 

 Campbell). 



