70 APPENDIX. JASSID^. 



transversely impressed before middle ; scutellum shorter than 

 pronotum, subtriangular, transversely impressed ; tegiuina about 

 two and a half times as long as broad, in $ covering only three- 

 fourths of the abdomen, four apical and two subapical cells ; 

 posterior tibia? finely, somewhat shortly spinulose. 



3598. Viridomarus capitatus, sp. u. 



Head, pronotum aud scutellum ochraceous, extreme apex of 

 vertex of head black ; eyes pale castaneous ; body beneath (imper- 

 fectly seen in carded specimen) much suffused with black; femora 

 (excluding apices) black or blackish ; tibiae and tarsi ochraceous, 

 apices of posterior tibia? and the posterior tarsi more or less 

 black ; tegmina very pale virescent ; other characters as in generic 

 diagnosis. 



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Fig. 37. Viridomarus capitatus. 



Length 4| millim. 



Hob. South India ; Chikkaballapura (T. V. Campbell). 



Genus BITUITUS, nov. 



Type, B. projectus, Dist. 



Distribution. South India. 



Head long and slender, twice as long as breadth between eyes, 

 laterally moderately emarginate, gradually narrowing to about 

 half its length and then more slenderly produced ; eyes long and 

 oblique, posteriorly projecting over the lateral angles of the pro- 

 notum ; face long and narrow, widened on posterior half ; pronotum 

 almost as long as broad at base, the anterior margin convex, the 

 lateral margins inwardly oblique from about half their length 

 towards scutellum, the disk longitudinally ridged, the base almost 

 truncate, very slightly concave; scutellum shorter than pronotum, 

 subtriangular, transversely ridged near middle ; tegmina about 

 four times as long as broad, three apical cells and two slender 

 subapical cells ; posterior tibia? finely and somewhat shortly 

 spinulose. 



