504 Mr. W. L, Distant on Ileternptera. 



widened towards base ; apex o£ anterior coxae and annula- 

 tions to anterior femora and tibiae brownish, posterior femora 

 with two blackish annulations — one before, the other near 

 middle; legs not spinulose ; hemelytra slightly passing the 

 abdominal apex; sternum and head beneath more or less 

 piceous. 



Length Q\ mm, 



Hab. Ceylon; Peradeniy a (Gr^ew). 



This species, by the longer antennae and different propor- 

 tional length of joints, the longer anterior pronotal lobe, 

 and the non-spinulose legs, differs from the typical form of 

 the genus as represented by C. reticulata. The distinct 

 venation of the hemelytra is, however, maintained, and I have 

 provisionally included it in Calphurnia. 



Elymas, gen. nov. 



Head strongly narrowed at base, transversely impressed 

 between eyes, anteocular a little shorter than postocular 

 area; rostrum reaching the anterior coxae, first joint short, 

 not reaching eyes, second longest ; antennae long, slender, 

 first joint longest, about as long as from apex of mesonotum 

 to apex of abdomen, second joint shorter than first and 

 about as long as abdomen ; pronotum elongate, a little 

 widened at apex and a little shorter than anterior coxae ; 

 mesonotum laterally sinuate, moderately widened posteriorly; 

 apterous ; abdomen above with the lateral margins recurved 

 and ridged, almost meeting on apical area, the apical ap- 

 pendage globosely elongate and apically concavely excavate ; 

 anterior femora about one-third longer than the anterior 

 coxae, slightly attenuated at junction with trochanters, 

 moderately sinuate on basal half, finely spinulose beneath 

 for nearly their entire length; anterior tibiae about half the 

 length of the fcQiora ; anterior tarsi single-jointed, about one- 

 fourth shorter than the tibiae ; intermediate and posterior 

 legs long, slender, posterior femora slightly curved and 

 nearly as long as the whole body, the tibiae considerably 

 longer than the femora, the posterior legs longer than the 

 intermediate legs. 



Elymas prasentans, sp. n. 



Body above brownish ochraceous; lateral margins of head 

 behind eyes, lateral margins of thorax above, lateral margins 

 of abdomen above, and the anal appendage black ; body 

 beneath black; rostrum brownish ochraceous with black 



