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



whicli are very large and project beyond the anterior margin 

 of the pronotuni ; antennse with the first joint about as long 

 as head and only sligiitly tiiickened, second joint three times 

 as long as first and half as long again as third ; rostrum 

 reaching the posterior coxai ; pronotum much broader than 

 long, moderately convex and deflected anteriorly, with a 

 broad transverse callosity near the anterior margin, the 

 lateral margins moderately convex, anterior margin sub- 

 truncate, posterior margin a little posteriorly produced at 

 base of scutellum ; scutellura moderately convex and sub- 

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

 broad and a little shorter than the posterior tibia?, cuneus 

 elongately subfriangular, its apex acute, the cuneal fracture 

 distinct ; membrane longly passing the abdominal apex, with 

 a subquadrate posteriorly truncate cell ; legs of moderate 

 length, femora moderately thickened, the posterior femora 

 more strongly so, tibifB spinulose, posterior tarsi with the first 

 and second joints subequal in length. 



Stechus libertus, sp. n. 



Pale olivaceous green, inclining to ochraceous in more dried 

 specimens ; antenna? black, a subapical annulatiou to first 

 joint and a subbasal annulation to second joint ochraceous ; 

 eyes black ; corium and cuneus more olivaceous than the 

 head, pronotum, and scutellura, the clavus considerably darker, 

 and the inner area of the corium distinctly darker ; cuneus 

 pale olivaceous with the apical angle bhack ; membrane pale 

 fuscous ; body beneath and legs pale virescent, apical area of 

 posterior femora fuscous brown with a subapical pale an- 

 nulation ; clavus and corium obscurely shortly pilose ;- 

 structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Madulsima {Bainlrigge-Fletcher). 



Aretas, gen. uov. 



Head between eyes as broad as long, very finely centrally 

 longitudinally sulcate, transversely impressed a little before 

 base ; eyes longer than broad ; antenna? with the basal joint 

 incrassate, spinulose, about as long as head, second joint 

 about three times as long as first, third joiat partially muti- 

 lated in typical specimen ; rostrum reaching the intermediate 

 coxae ; pronotum broader than long, the lateral margins a 

 little concavely sinuate, the anterior margin truncate and 

 ridged, transversely impressed at about one-third before 



