Mr. W. L. Distant 07i Heteropteia. 343 



■where it is a little gibbous, laterally deflected on each side, 

 somewhat coarsely punctate ; hemelytra not reaching the 

 abdominal apex, membrane very small and ill-defined, lateral 

 margins a little widened beyond middle and then obliquely 

 narrowed to apex, clavus very coarsely longitudinally punc- 

 tate, the disk sparingly coarsely punctate ; body beneath and 

 legs pilose ; legs of moderate length, the femora moderately 

 and uniformly thickened. 



Allied to the Neotropical genus Rhaptus, Stal. Judging 

 from the description, it also possesses some resemblance or 

 affinity with Lispochroa, Bredd., but from this genus (?) is 

 distinct by the shorter hemelytra. 



Lua tartarea^ sp. n. 



Body above and beneath shining black ; antennse and legs 

 pale ocliraceous; apical joint of antennte and base of first 

 joint piceous ; femora (excluding apices) more or less pale 

 castaneous ; head between the eyes smooth and shining, 

 remaining area punctate ; pronotum with the basal area 

 coarsely punctate, before which it is obscurely transversely 

 impressed, between this impression and the anterior punctate 

 collar the surface is smooth and shining ; scutellum punc- 

 tate, the basal area smooth and shining, between which and 

 apex is an obscure central longitudinal line ; corium punctate 

 as described in generic diagnosis, an obscure pale brownish 

 spot on each side of clavus near apex of scutellum and a 

 similar subcostal spot on corium a little beyond base; mem- 

 brane short, indistinct, dull brownish ocliraceous, not reaching 

 apex of abdomen ; sternum irregularly punctate beneath, as 

 shown in figure. 



Long. 3 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon; Nalanda {Green) ; Minikoi (Gardiner). 



In the Minikoi specimens the spots to the corium are much 

 brighter than in Oeylonese type, and the extreme lateral 

 margins to the pronotum (sometimes) and the posterior lateral 

 pronotal angles (frequently) are ochraceous. 



Atkinsonianus, gen. nov. 



Head about as long as broad at base, subangularly pro- 

 duced and narrowed before the insertion of the antennie ; 

 ocflli near eyes ; antennae with first joint shorter than head, 

 second joint longest, third and fourth subequal in length ; 

 rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae, first joint not quite 

 reaching base of head, eyes not quite reaching the anterior 



