192 ADDENDA. LYGJEID/E. 



very narrowly of that colour ; scutellum black ; corium dull pale 

 ochraceous, darker centrally and on apical area, the lateral margin 

 paler, a prominent white spot near each inner angle ; membrane 

 picecus ; body beneath black ; legs ochraceous, femora (excluding 

 .apices) a little darker ; head acuminate, the central lobe promi- 

 nently produced ; antennae black, the basal joint and a spot near 



Fig. 87. Appolonius picturatus. 



base of second joinfc pale ochraceous; the whole upper surface 

 thickly finely punctate, the scutellum somewhat rugose. 



Length 4-5 millim. 



Hob. South India ; Chikkaballapura and Kodaikanal ; Nilgiri 

 Hills, Lovedale (T. V. Campbell). 



Genus LOCUTIUS, nov. 



Type, L. atratus, Dist. 



Distribution. South India. 



Head short and broad, much broader than long, anteriorly 

 -obtusely acuminate ; antennae finely pilose, with the second joint 

 longest, third and fourth subequal in length ; prouotum a little 

 broader at base than long, anterior lobe longest and somewhat 

 convexly elevated, posterior lobe coarsely punctate, lateral mar- 

 gins slightly convex, anterior margin concave ; scutellum trian- 

 gular ; membrane rudimentary and not reaching abdominal ;ipex 

 in type, in a second species almost fully developed ; anterior 

 femora globosely incrassate, anterior tibiae slightly curved, all 

 the tibiae moderately spinulo<e. 



I place this genus near Bosbequius (vol. ii, p. 64). 



3787. Locutius atratus, sp. n. 



Shining black above, the posterior area of the pronotum and 

 the corium inclining to very dark castaneous ; body beneath 

 -black ; legs ochraceous, femora (excluding apices) darker in hue ; 



