Mr. W . L. Distant (>« Oriental Ca])sk\n.'. 110 



PlIILOSTErilANUS, gCII. 110 V. 



IIo.iil a liltle longer tlum broad, deflected anteriorly, 

 centrally lotigiliulinnlly sulcate between the eyen, which arc 

 inodeiately trnnsveisely exsertetl ; aiitenniu with the basal 

 juint only slightly thickened, about as long as head, second 

 joint twice as long as fiit<t (remaining joints mutilated in 

 typical specimen) ; rostrum reaching the j)08terior coxfe ; 

 pronotuuj much broader than long, moderately convex, de- 

 flected anteriorly, lateral marjiins oblique, anterior and 

 posterior margins truneutc ; sculellum somewhat small and 

 convex; corium (excluding cuneus) about twice as long as 

 broati, slightly longer than posterior tibia?, cuneus triangularly 

 elongate, its apex jicute ; membrane considerably passing 

 the abdominal apex and with a subquadrate posteriorly sub- 

 truncate cell ; legs of moderate length, the posterior femora 

 distinctly thickened, tibise spinulose, posterior tarsi with the 

 first and second joints subequal in length. 



Allied to Mejacivlum. 



rhilobtephanus vitah'ter, sp. n. 



Head ocliraceous, speckled with fuscous ; antenna? with 

 the first joint ochraceous speckled with fuscous, second joint 

 piceous, eentially j)aKr (remaining joints niutihited in typical 

 specimen) ; j)ronotum shining black, posterior margin very 

 narrowly and a short central basal linear spot ochraceous; 

 scutellum shining black, with a small ochraceous spot at each 

 basal angle ; clavus and corium fuscous, largely and some- 

 what densely mottled with pale ochraceous; cuncus fuscous, 

 its basal area greyish, the extreme apex pale ochraceous ; 

 membrane pale fuscous with large greyish suffusions ; body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous, a sublateral piceous fascia on 

 each side of sternum, and a similar but narrower and more 

 obscure fascia on each side of abdomen ; all the femora 

 and tibiic annulated with fuscous : head in front of eyes 

 transveisely striate, the eyes slightly projecting beyonil the 

 anterior margin of the pronolum ; other structural characters 

 as in geneiic diagnosis. 



Length }<^ mm. 



J Jab. Simla. 



Stecucs, gen. nov. 



Head a little K>nger than broad, moderately deflected 

 anteriorly, finely longitudinally sulcate between the eyes, 



