Mr. W. L. Distant on Heteroptera. 335 



sparingly and irregularly punctate ; first joint of rostrum 

 thickened and passing base of head. 



Long. 3 mm. 



Hah. Bengal. 



Allied to D. nitida, Reut., from Madagascar and the 

 Seychelles. 



Teutates, gen. nov. 



Head about as long as breadth batween the outer expanse 

 of eyes, broadly obtusely produced before insertion of an- 

 tennae, the margins of the central lobe prominent, eyes not 

 quite reaching the anterior angles of the prorrotum ; antennaa 

 with the first joint not reaching apex of head, second joint 

 about one and a half times the length of the first (remaining 

 joints mutilated in type) ; rostrum reacliing the apex of tlie 

 anterior cox^e, first joint not extending to base of head, second 

 and third joints subequal in length ; pronotum a little more 

 than half the length at base, the latei'al margins rounded 

 anteriorly and narrowly dilated, anterior area with two 

 small central tubercles, four longitudinal carinate lines, of 

 which the central two are less developed and do not reach the 

 base, posterior margin truncate, the anterior margin very 

 slightly sinuate; scutellum a little shorter than broad at base, 

 the lateral margins slightly sinuate, the disk foveate and 

 punctate; margins of the corium slightly rounded; mem- 

 brane not passing the apex of the abdomen, the veins simple ; 

 legs of moderate length ; anterior femora not spined beneath. 



I place this genus near Arrianus, Dist. 



Teutates sculpturatus, sp. n. 



Above dull ochraceous, eyes and margins of the C3ntral 

 lobe to head piceous ; pronotal tubercles brownish ochraceous ; 

 body beneath paler than above, the anterior acetabulte darkly 

 margined, a broad castaneous longitudinal fascia on each 

 lateral abdominal area ; pronotum thickly and more darkly 

 punctate, the lateral margins paler and almost impunctate ; 

 scutellum darkly coarsely punctate, the margins of the foveate 

 area raised and almost impunctate ; corium semiiiyaline, 

 coarsely punctate, the clavus longitudinally punctate ; sternum 

 punctate, other characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long. 3 mm. 



Bab. Calcutta. 



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