BKKVTIDyE. 373- 



posterior margin of coriura, black ; membrane bronzy hyaline, 

 narrowly black at base anil near each apical area of the corium ; 

 body beneath and legs ochraceous ; apices of tibiae and tarsi more 

 or less black ; antennae with the second and third joints 

 subequal in length, apical joint distinctly thickened. 



Length 9 millim. 



Hah. N. India; Kumaou, Shamkhet. 



Allied to T. hyoscyami, Linn., but with the apical joint of 

 the antennae shorter and more distinctly thickened, second and 

 third joints almost subequal in length ; the black markings 

 of the under surface in T. liyoscyami practically absent in 

 T. diluta ; markings above different. 



Family BERYTID^. 



" (Vol. I, p. 421 & Vol. IV, p. 487.) 



Genus TAPEOBANUS. 



Taprobanus, List. Entomologist, xliv, pp. 24 & 105 (1911). 



Type, T. gravel t/i,'D'ist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Body long and narrow ; posterior femora passing apex of 

 abdomen ; hemelytra shorter than abdomen ; head longer 

 than broad, deflected and narrowed anteriorly, moderately 

 globose ; ocelli at a short distance from base, nearer lateral 

 margins than to each other; eyes about midway from base to 

 apex ; antennas with the first joint longest, a little shorter than 

 the body, its apex slightly incrassated, second a little longer than 

 third, fourth short and moderately incrassated ; pronotum about 

 one and a half times as long as head, distinctly transversely 

 impressed and narrowed at about one-third from anterior margin^ 

 remaining two-thirds moderately convex and distinctly declivous 

 from base, the lateral margins a little rounded, basal margin 

 truncate, anterior margin moderately convex ; scutellum longer 

 than broad ; hemelytra extending to about the base of the 

 penultimate abdominal segment ; a curved, upwardly directed,, 

 slender process on each side of the sternum, between the 

 intermediate and posterior coxae ; rostrum reaching the posterior 

 coxae, basal joint stoutest and reaching middle of head ; legs long 

 and slender, femora incrassated at apices, anterior legs with the 

 tibiae about as long as the femora, intermediate and posterior legs 

 with the tibiae distinctly longer than femora. 



3755. Taprobanus gravelyi, Di*t. Entomologist, xliv, p. 25 (1911). 



Shining ochraceous ; apical joint of antennae black, its apex 

 greyish-white ; head smooth, glabrous ; eyes black ; pronotum 

 thickly, coarsely punctate, the anterior area elevated, depressed 



