442 Mr. W. L. Distant on Oriental Capsitlae. 



second joint more than twice as long as first and about as 

 lono- as third and fourth together ; rostrum reaching tlie 

 posteiior coXcC; pronotum transversely constricted near 

 middle, the anterior area with a distinct rugose collar, and 

 with a moderate transverse tubercle on each side immediately 

 in front of the transverse impression, posterior area deflected 

 from base, which is concave and thus exposes tiie meso- 

 notum, the lateral margins oblique; scutellum triangular 

 with a small subbasal central tubercle; corium slightly 

 longer than space between the ajiices of head and scutellum, 

 clavus moderately raised and deflected on each side, cuneus 

 somewiiat broadly triangular, the cuneal fracture distinct; 

 membrane with a short, posteriorly truncate basal cell ; 

 legs long and slender, finely spinulosely hirsute, femora 

 moderately and evenly tliickened, all the tibiae longer than 

 the femora, basal joint of posterior tarsi short and moderately 

 thickened. 



Among the Capsidae of British India this genus may be 

 located between Harpedona and Claprnarius. 



Cinnamus rhinoceros^ sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, and scutellum pale mottled 

 fuscous brown ; anterior collar and posterior lobe of pronotum 

 mottled brownish ochraceous, apex of scutellum ochraceous ; 

 antennffi and eyes blackish ; clavus pale ochraceous, its basal 

 third and apical area mottled fuscous brown ; corium ochra- 

 ceous, much mottled with fuscous brown and with an oblique 

 transverse piceous fascia at about one-third before apex, 

 cuneus shining black; membrane fuscous, blackish on basal 

 area, margins of cell dull greyish ; body beneath piceous, 

 mesosternum ochiaceous; legs piceous, femora obscurely 

 palely annulate near apices ; body above shortly obscurely 

 pilose; mesonotum with a central longitudinal pale line; 

 structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya {Green). 



Zalmunna, gen. no v. 



Head elongate, almost as long as the pronotum, the central 

 lobe prominent at apex, behind which it is transversely 

 impressed, between eyes shortly longitudinally sulcate ; eyes 

 short, somewhat adpressed, contiguous to the anterior margin 

 of the pronotum ; antennae w ith the first joint stout, 

 attenuated at its base, about as long as head, remaining 



