430 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



fasciae levigate, ocliraceoiis. Pronotum with three discal, 

 lineate, levigate, ochraceous fascite, the central one straight, the 

 outer two oblique. Scutellum with a small spot near each 

 basal angle and a central levigate longitudinal fascia, ochra- 

 ceous; extreme basal angle subfoveate and piceous. Corium 

 with the base of lateial margins ochraceous. Membrane 

 piceous. Connexivum alternately ochraceous and piceous. 

 Body Lenrath piceous ; sternum with sublateral ochraceous 

 lineate spots ; lateral margins of abdomen broadly dark 

 ochraceous, extreme margin spotted with pale ochraceous ; 

 legs pale brownish. Antennas with the third, fourth, and 

 fifth joints piceous. 



First and third joints of antennge shortest and subequal in 

 length, fourth sh'ghtly longer than fifth. 



Long. 5^ millim. 



IJab. Ceylon {O. Lewis)- North Khasia Hills {Chennell). 

 CoH. Dist. 



Menedemus hieroglyphicus, sp. n. 



Brownish ochraceous, thickly and darkly punctate. Head 

 with three discal levigate, lineate, ochraceous fascice, the 

 central one straight, the others slightly curved. Pronotum 

 with the lateral margins and five similar fasciie, and between 

 the two outermost a short basal fascia, ochraceous. Scutellum 

 with an elongate spot near each basal angle, the lateral and 

 apical margins, a central longitudinal fascia, and a transverse 

 cential sinuate fascia crossing disk levigate, ochraceous, ex- 

 treme Vasal angles subfoveate and piceous. Corium narrowly 

 ochraceous at base of lateral margin, a sublateral lineate 

 ochraceous fascia, and with some testaceous discal markings. 

 Membrane piceous. Connexivum alternately ochraceous and 

 black. Body beneath piceous ; sternum with a sublateral 

 ochraceous levigate fascia on each side ; abdomen with the 

 posterior segmental margins, a central and two discal longi- 

 tudinal fascite on each side, and a series of marginal spots 

 ochraceous. 



Antennas dull dark brownish, first and third and fourth and 

 fifth joints subequal in length. 



Long. 7-8 millim. 



Ilah. Bombay {Dr. Leith). Coll. Dist. 



Genus PoDODUS. 



Pododus ovulus. 



Sciocnris ovulus, Dall. List Hem. i. p. 132. n. 4 (1861). 



