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coiium and membrane ; from that species it differs in the 

 colour of the antennte and legs, the broader and more globose 

 anterior pronotal lobe, the shorter membrane, &c. 



Macropes pri'vus, sp. n. 



Head, antenna?, eyes, pronotura, and scutellum black, 

 moderately shining ; body beneath and legs black, apices of 

 the femora and the whole of the tibise pale castaneous, tarsi 

 ochraceous ; clavus and corium greyish white, the claval 

 suture and the outer marginal area to corium (widened poste- 

 riorly) piceous j membrane black, its basal angle greyish 

 white ; antennse with the extreme apices of the joints j)aler, 

 second and third subequal in length, fourth longest, pyriform 

 and palely pilose ; pronotum considerably longer than broad, 

 thickly punctate, the basal margin concave, two smooth 

 cicatrices in transverse series on anterior area, and two 

 similar but narrower cicatrices near middle; scutellum 

 distinctly ridged, transversely at base, and centrally longitu- 

 dinally, its disk tinely granulose; margins of clavus, the 

 subclaval vein to corium, and the inner half of the apical 

 margin to corium pale yellowish ; membrane smooth, 

 shining, reaching the base of the sixth abdominal segment; 

 connexivum and abdomen beneath very shortly but thickly 

 ochraceously pilose, the latter with a double series of small 

 black points on each side ; rostrum shining piceous black, 

 about reaching the anterior coxse; anterior femora strongly 

 incrassate, finely spined beneath. 



Long. 5^ mm. 



Ilab. Ceylon; Peradeniya {Green). 



Allied to M. prcecerptus, Dist., but smaller, anterior lobe of 

 pronotum not sulcate, colour of membrane, corium, and legs 

 different, &c. 



Macropes thoracicus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and sternum black ; basal 

 margin of pronotum and the abdomen pale testaceous ; 

 rostrum and legs orange-yellow ; corium very pale ochra- 

 ceous ; membrane creamy white ; antenna piceous or black, 

 the basal joint and extreme apices of second and third joints 

 ochraceous, second and fourtli joints subequal in length, 

 each considerably longer than third ; pronotum short, a 

 little broader than long, transverse impression about one- 

 fourth before posterior margin, the anterior area or lobe 

 opaque, coarsely irregularly punctate; corium shorter than 



