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Black, fusiform, dull, very finely punctured. Head elongate-trian- 

 gular. Eyes prominent. First joint of the antennas as long as the head ; 

 second subclavale, more than twice as long as the first. Prothorax with 

 a slight callus on each side behind the well-defined transverse furrow, 

 which is near the fore border. Scutellum rather large, ferruginous at the 

 tip. Membrane cinereous, blackish-bordered along part of the exterior 

 border; veins black; second areolet more than four times the size of the 

 first; a whitish mark between it and a short black line. Length of the 

 body If line. 



a. Ceylou. Presented by Dr. Thwaites. 



276. Capsos partitus. 



Mas. Flavus, furiformis, nitens, subtilissime punclalus ; caput luleum, 

 nigro unistrigatum ; oculi subprominuli ; rostrum coxas posticus 

 altingens; antenna? nigra:, gracillimce, corpore paullo breviores, 

 articulis 2o basi loque Jlavis ; prothorax antice lutescens ; pectus 

 nigro bimaculatum ; ventris discus niger ; corium fascia obliqua 

 margine interiore apiceque nigris ; membrana cinerea. 



Male. Yellow, fusiform, shining, very finely punctured. Head 

 luteons, short-triangular; a black streak on the front. Eyes black, 

 slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. Antennas 

 black, very slender, a little shorter than the body ; first joint yellow, a 

 little longer than the head ; second much more than twice as long as 

 the first, yellow towards the base ; third much longer than the first. 

 Prothorax with a luteous tinge in front. Pectus with a black spot on each 

 side. Abdomen beneath with a black disk. Corium black along the 

 interior border, with a black oblique band beyond the middle; tip black. 

 Membrane cinereous. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Boyes' collection. 



277. Capsus subirroratus. 



Niger, elliplicus, subtiliter punctatus ; oculi subprominuli; antenna 

 corpore breviores ; prothorax vulde convexus, lateribus vix reflexis ; 

 scutellum apice fulvum ; corium fulvo punctatum et tiigultatum ; 

 membrana nigricans. 



Black, elliptical, dull, finely punctured. Head small. Eyes slightly 

 prominent. Antennae slender, shorter than the body ; first joint moderately 

 stout, a little longer than the head. Prothorax very convex ; sides hardly 

 reflexed. Tip of the scutellum tawny. Corium with a few tawny points 

 and with three tawny dots, one at the base, one in the exterior part of the 

 disk, and one at the tip. Membrane blackish. Length of the body 

 l:j line. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Thwaites. 



