336 Mr. W. L. Distant on Ileteroptera. 



Aphavus dudgeoni^ sp. n. 



Head pale dull castaneous, wltli irregular black lines ; an- 

 tennae ochraceous, basal joint much mottled with black, apices 

 of second and third joints and fourth joint (excluding base) 

 piceous ; pronotum ochraceous, thickly brownly punctate, the 

 disk of the anterior area and the lateral margins much more 

 sparsely punctate ; scutelluni ochraceons, thickly brownly 

 punctate, the extreme apex pale ochraceous ; tegmina 

 brownish, thickly punctate, the lateral margin ochraceous, 

 sparsely blackly punctate, the apical angle and a spot before 

 it blackish, some obscure basal suffusions and two small spots 

 about middle of apical area, pale ochraceous ; membrane 

 brownish ochraceous, with darker mottlings, the basal area 

 black traversed by the paler veins, a small pale ochraceous 

 spot behind apical angle of corium ; head beneath, rostrum, 

 sternum, and legs ochraceous, apices of tibiae piceous, ex- 

 cluding head darkly punctate, central area of meso- and 

 metasterna black; abdomen beneath somewhat testaceous; 

 basal joint of antennae moderately thickened, with prominent 

 spinous hairs, fourth joint a little longer than third or 

 second ; rostrum slightly pa-sing anterior coxae ; pronotum 

 strongly transversely impressed near middle, the lateral 

 margins laminate, anterior femora shortly spinous beneath, 

 but with a longer spine before apex ; intermediate and poste- 

 rior tlbiee prominently spiniilose. 



Long. 7^ mm. 



Hah. Kangra Valley, 4500 feet (June, G. C. Dudgeon) ; 

 Purneah District (Paiva, Ind. Mus.). 



This species was taken by the same collector at the same 

 locality and at the same time of the year as the species 

 described by Kirkaldy as A. hangricus. It cannot, however, 

 be reconciled with Kirkaldy's description, from which it seems 

 abundantly distinct. 



Aphaniis ornatulus, sp. n. 



Reddish ochraceous ; pronotum and scutellum thickly 

 darkly punctate, lateral margins of the pronotum pale ochra- 

 ceous, with scattered black punctures ; head piceous brown, 

 with a small central ochraceous spot at base ; antenna? 

 browniirh ochraceous, the basal joint, apices of second and 

 third joints, and the fourth joint (excluding base) piceous ; 

 corium with the lateral margins narrowly pale ochraceous and 

 containing a costal series of dark punctures, on apical area 

 three large black spots, one on lateral murgia before apex 



