4iS Mr. W. L. Distant on Oriental Capsidte. 



paler, the disk sometimes more or less sufTused with blackish; 

 scutelluni and corium dull deep ochraceous, the latter with 

 the costal margin pale ochraceous and s))arselj finely pilose, 

 cuneus usually witii pale castaneous sufl'usions ; membrane 

 pale fuscous, the margins greyish and the basal area darker 

 by retlectiug the abdomen beneath ; body beneath and legs 

 pale ochraceous, the lateral areas of the abdomen and some- 

 times the posterior tibi» rosy red ; head moderately convex, 

 finely longitudinally sulcate between the eyes ; antennse with 

 the first joint moderately thickened and not quite so long as 

 the pronotum, second joint about twice as long as first, 

 scarcely longer than third, which is about twice the length ot" 

 fourth ; scutelluni moderately convex ; corium (including 

 cuneus) a little longer than posterior tibige ; membrane longly 

 passing the abdominal apex ; legs distinctly paler at basal 

 areas, the tibiae spinulose, the spinules black ; rostrum with 

 its apex black and reaching the posterior coxse ; posterior 

 tarsi with the first and second joints subequal in length. 



Length 7 to 8 mm. 



IJab. Ceylon; Feradenija: (Green). Madulsima, Diya'wa, 

 4000 ft., Ilakgala {Bainhrigge-Fletcher) . 



Megacoehim patruum, sp. n. 



Head aud pronotum obscure ochraceous, somewhat mottled 

 with piceous ; antennae ochraceous, the whole of the first 

 joint, base and apex of second joint, and apical two-thirds of 

 third and fourth joints black ; pronotum with the posterior 

 lateral angles nariowly black; scutellum and corium dull 

 piceous black, the latter with the costal margins ochraceous ; 

 cuneus very daik castaneous, its apex pale; head beneath 

 and abdomen more or less brownish ochraceous, the sternum 

 piceous or black ; legs stramineous, apical areas of the 

 posterior femora more or less distinctly blackishly biannulate ; 

 head finely longitudinally f-ulcate between the eyes ; antennae 

 with the first joint modeiately thickened aud about as long as 

 the pronotum, second joint about twice as long as first, 

 second and third subequal in length, third about twice as long 

 as first ; scutellum moderately convex ; corium (including 

 cuneus) as long as posterior tibiae ; membrane fuscous, longly 

 passing the abdominal apex ; rostrum brownish ochraceous, 

 its apex black and reaching the posterior coxae ; tibiaj spinu- 

 lose, the spinules black. 



Var. — Basal joint of antennae brownish, not black. 



Length 8 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Kandy (Green) , Madulsima [Bainhrigge- 

 Fletcher). 



