446 Mr. W. L. Distant on Oriental Capsidse. 



apex black and reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotum 

 transversely wrinkled ; membrane fuscous, somewhat lono-ly 

 passing the abdominal apex ; tibiae spinulose, the spinules 

 black. 



Length, inch menibr., 9 mm. 



I/ah. JS^epal ; Soondrijal and Nagorkote (Ind. Mus.). 

 Pussumbing ; Darjiling (Mann). 



In some specimens the margin of the costal area to corium 

 is castaneous brown. 



Megacoelum straminipes, sp. n. 



Head brownish ochraceous, eyes black ; antennoe with tlie 

 first joint piceous, second picepus biannulated witli ochra- 

 ceous, third joint fuscous, its base ociiraceous; pronotum, 

 the narrow anterior collar and extreme basal margin pale 

 ochraceous ; scutellnm and corium black, finely pilose, the 

 costal margin of the latter brownish ociiraceous J cnneus 

 brownish ochraceous, its outer margin and inner angle black ; 

 membrane fuscous, reflecting the dark abdomen beneath ; 

 body beneath piceous ; legs stramineous, the posterior tibise 

 black ; head finely longitudinally sulcate between the eyes ; 

 antennfe with the basal joint moderately thickened, about 

 half as long as second, third only a little shorter than second 

 (fourth mutilated in typical specimen) ; pronotum finely 

 transversely wrinkled and with two distinct callosities near 

 anterior margin ; membrane considerably passing abdominal 

 apex ; rostrum stramineous and reaching the posterior coxie ; 

 tibiae spinulose, the spinules black. 



Length, inch membr,, 7 mm. 



Bah. Kangra Valley, 4500 ft. {Dudgeon). 



Megaccelum mussooriensiSj sp, n. 



Head black, posterior margins of eyes ochraceous ; antennae 

 black, second joint usually brownish ochraceous except at 

 base and apex ; pronotum brownish ochraceous, the anterior 

 collar and extreme posterior margin pale ochraceous, two 

 contiguous transverse black spots near anterior margin and 

 with a blackish suffusion near posterior margin ; scutellum 

 piceous or black; corium piceous brown, shortly, palely, 

 sparingly pilose, the costal margin pale ochraceous, cuneus 

 pale castaneous brown; membrane piceous; body beneath 

 and legs black, the anterior and intermediate tibiae more or 

 less brownish ochraceous ; head narrowly, longitudinally 

 sulcate between the eyes; antenna; with the basal joint 



