Oriental Recluviitlye. "JGO 



ocelli situate just behind eyes; rostrum with the first joint a 

 little longer than second and subequal to the remaining two 

 joints together; antennai slender, the first joint about as long 

 as the j)osterior femora; proiiotiim with the posterior lobe 

 about half as long again as tlie anterior lobe, which is sculp- 

 tured and broadly, mcdiallv, posteriorly impressed, the poste- 

 rior angles longly porrectly s|)inous ; scutellum short, robust, 

 nu^di;dly impressed at base, its apex not acuminate; anterior 

 tihite straight, as long as anterior femora, shorter than poste- 

 rior femora ; posterior tibice longer than the femora. 



Allied to Villaiunianus, Dist, 



Type, S. punJuluoi/tf'j Dist. 



Serendiba pundaluoym, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous or brownish ochraceous ; antermse reddish 

 ochraceous; pronotum with tlie anterior lobe dull opaque 

 greyish, the posterior lobe and hemelytra more brilliant 

 greyish ; pronotal lateral spines with their basal area pale 

 testaceous ; membrane with more than basal half iridescent; 

 legs ochraceous, somewhat stramineous near base ; abdomea 

 beneath with piceous suffusions ; pronotum with the anterior 

 lobe sculptured, levigate, the posterior lobe finely granulose, 

 the posterior lateral spines slightly directed backward ; legs 

 finely pilose; antenna? with the first joint as long as posterior 

 femora and more than three times longer than second joint. 



Long. 12 mm. 



1^1 ab. Ceylon ; Pundaluoya [E. E. Greeii). 



Lanca, gen. nov. 



Body narrow, elongate ; head about as long as pronotum, 

 postocular portion much longer than anteocular, profoundly 

 transversely incised between eyes, attenuated towards base, 

 a short tubercle or spine behind the antenniferous tubercles ; 

 ocelli placed just behind eyes; rostrum with the first joint 

 slightly longer than second ; antennse slender, first joint 

 about as long as posterior femora, second joint about one 

 third the length of first ; pronotum with the anterior lobe 

 much shorter than the posterior lobe, the latter with two 

 moderately long, erect, discal spines, and with a long, slender, 

 porrect spine at each lateral angle, its basal margin strongly 

 emarginate, the anterior lobe convex, faintly medially incised, 

 and with its anterior angles tuberculously subprominent ; 

 scutellum apically somewhat tuberculous, not spined ; hem- 

 elytra not quite reaching the apex of abdomen, membrane 

 Ann. dD May. S. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. xviii. 27 



