496 Mr. W. L. Distaut on Heteroptera. 



Abulfeda punctatus, sp. n. 



Head dull piceous black ; antennse piceous black, the base 

 of the front joint pale stramineous ; pronoturn shining 

 black, the lateral margins very narrowly and the posterior 

 lateral angles more prominently ochraceous ; scutellum 

 piceous black, opaque ; corium black, somewhat shining ; 

 membrane piceous black ; body beneath dull, greyish black, 

 opaque, the stigmata black ; rostrum and legs testaceous 

 brown ; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 9 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya [Green). 



Euscopus albatu», sp. n. 



Body and hemely tra piceous brown ; membrane ochraceous 

 brown ; lateral margins of the pronotnm and corium, and 

 a short broad basal subcostal fascia to corium, ochraceous ; 

 an irregular transverse fascia before apex of corium white 

 with dark punctures ; abdomen beneath more or less cre- 

 taceously toraentose, the stigmata black ; legs brownish 

 ochraceous, fourth joint piceous with the base pale stra- 

 mineous, first joint almost as long as the second and third 

 together, second and fourth subequal in length, each longer 

 than third ; head finely granulose and with a slight central 

 longitudinal ridge; posterior pronotal lobe distinctly punc- 

 tate, the lateral margins strongly sinuate, the transverse 

 impression dividing the lobes profound, the anterior lobe a 

 little raised and almost smooth ; scutellum and corium 

 somewhat thickly punctate ; rostrum almost reaching the 

 posterior coxse ; anterior femora strongly spined beneath. 



Length 8^ mm. 



Hab. Bombay (^Dixon). 



Fam, Ph3miatid8e. 

 Glossopelta Ibieolatay sp. n. 



Body above black; pronotum with the anterior lateral 

 margins, a transverse fascia (medially interrupted) between 

 the humeral angles, the discal carination, and a small darkly 

 punctate spot at base, ochraceous ; scutellum with a central 

 longitudinal line and some macular suffusions on the apical 

 half ochraceous ; connexivum, body beneath, legs, and 

 rostrum pale ochraceous ; head beneath black ; antennae 

 brownish ochraceous, basal joint (excluding apex) and apex 

 of apical joint black ; membrane, as seen on each side of 



