3G4 Mr. W. I.. Distant on 



Div. L E I S T A U C II A K I A. 



Bagauda splendeus, sp. n. 



Ocliraceous ; head and anterior margin of pronotuin 

 piceous ; eyes, posterior lobe of j)ronotum, scutellum, mem- 

 brane, anterior femora (excluding base), anterior tibife, and 

 apical area of abdomen beneath, black ; scutelUmi with two 

 discal ocliraceous lines ; corium longitudinally castaneous 

 Irown between the veins and with a pale creamy patch 

 before the membrane, the latter with a central pale vein ; 

 pronotum more than twice as long as head, the anterior lobe 

 constricted and longer than posterior lobe, which is gibbous, 

 with a central longitudinal narrow ridge, and with a nodule 

 near each posterior angle, its basal margin sinuate ; first 

 joint of antennffi about as long as the intermediate femora 

 and much longer than second joint; corium transversely 

 striate in each lateral area ; posterior femora about as long 

 as entire body, intermediate and posterior femora annulated 

 with creamy white at apices. 



Long. 12 mm. 



Hub. Ceylon; Peradeniya {E. E. Green). 



GuiTHEEA, gen. nov. 



Head suboval, above and beneath convex, subequal in 

 width to apex of pronotum, narrower in front of eyes than 

 behind ; rostrum with the second joint slightly longer than 

 first, shorter than third ; first joint of antenna? about twice as 

 long as pronotum ; pronotum less than twice the length of 

 head, above mesonotum outwardly produced, base only 

 slightly wider than apex, medially constricted, basal margin 

 not sinuate; scutellum subtriangular ; hemelytra reaching or 

 just passing abdominal apex; anterior femora moderately 

 incrassated, beneath finely spinose, basal spines most pro- 

 minent, anterior tibite and tarsi united shorter than femora, 

 the tarsus single-jointed; anterior coxfc a little more than 

 half the length of anterior femora, posterior femora a little 

 longer than the abdomen. 



'1'} pe G. feuna, Dist. [Luieva). 



A Hud to Eac/uuditj Bergr. 



Guithera hortensia, sp. n. 



Oehiaceous ; head, basal half of posterior lobe of pronotum, 

 !-cutclluni, extreme base of corium, and membrane piceous; 

 untennie castaneous brown ; head scarcely longer than 



