134 AODEXDA. PEXTATOMID.I. 



a little upwardly and forwardly directed ; antennae ochraceous, 

 the apical joint fuscous ; sciitellum stramineous, with prominent 

 black punctures, more densely so on basal and lateral areas, which 

 give the appearance of denoting a large pale levigate spot in each 

 basal angle, the disk sparingly punctate, the apex almost impunc- 

 tate; coriutn ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate, the posterior 

 internal area carmine- red ; connexivum stramineous, apical 

 margins of the segments black ; body beneath and legs stramineous, 

 a minute black spot at base of each coxa ; femora minutely 

 spotted with black. 



Length 6| ; breadth between pronotal angles 4^ millim. 



ffab. South India; Cliikkaballapnra (T. V. Campbell). 



Allied to C. scutellata, Dist. (vol. i, p. 172), but differing by its 

 smaller size, the shorter and more forwardly directed pronotal 

 angles, the denser and darker punctures on the scutellum, &c. 



Genus NEOCARBULA, nov. 



Type, N. capitata, Dist. 



Distribution. N. India. 



Head about as long as breadth between eyes, the lateral lobes 

 a little longer than the central lobe but not meeting in front of it, 

 their lateral margins sinuate, their apices moderately recurved 

 inwardly, on the anterior area the central lobe is prominent, and 

 on the apical third there is a short oblique ridge on each side of 

 the central lobe ; ocelli near base and eyes : antennae four-jointed, 

 with the first joint short, not nearly reaching apex of head, second 

 joint longest, third and fourth almost subequal in length ; pro- 

 notum about half as long as width at base, the anterior area 

 strongly declivous the lateral angles non- or sub-prominent ; 

 scutellum about as long as broad at base, gradually narrowed 

 towards apex, which is somewhat broad and rounded ; corium 

 about as long as scutellum ; membrane hyaline with longitudinal 

 veins ; rostrum almost reaching the posterior coxae. 



The structure of the head as given in a sectional drawing of the 

 typical specimen is one of the leading characters of this genus. 



3707. Neocarbula capitata, sp. n. 



Head black, thickly coarsely punctate, the central lobe and 

 anterior ridges more ochraceous ; antennae ocliraceous ; pronotum 

 ochraceous, darkly punctate, the anterior area much paler, 

 posteriorly deliminated by a transverse, waved pale line, and 

 containing a transverse dark cicatrice on each side ; scutellum 

 ochraceous, with dense darker punctures, a pale glabrous spot 

 near each basal angle, and two somewhat indistinct dark spots 

 on the apical area ; corium ochraceous, somewhat thickly, darkly 

 punctate ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, abdomen with a 

 narrow, waved, longitudinal sublateral darker fascia on each 



