Mr. \V. L. l)l~t:uit 0/t Oriental ( 'apsuUL'. V)'\ 



tlio basal joint short uiul iiicra.ssalo, sccotid jtjint very strongly 

 incrassate, about four times as lon;f as first, third and t'ourtli 

 joints short, siendtM", suIxtju »1 in len^^th ; rostrum reachinj^ 

 tilt' posterior cox;e ; pronotum much broader than loni,', 

 obli(jUi'Iy iiarrowoil to head, moderattly deflected anteriorly, 

 and prominently deflected before base ot scutellum ; scutellunj 

 triangular, about as long as head j coriuin (excluding cuticus) 

 as long as po-terior tibi;o ; cuncus short and broad, angularly 

 attenuated inwanlly ; mcmlirane passing abdominal aj)ex ; 

 b'gs of moderate length, tibiie spinulose, [)0storior tarsi with 

 the basal joint shortest. 



Jh-utliinarus mnifiu'cornis, sp. n. 



Black ; third and fourth joints of antennaj |)iceou3, their 

 buses stramineous; membrane wiih the apical area fuscous 

 brown, the basal area reflceting the dark abdomen beneath ; 

 apical areas of intermediate iil)ia3 and the tarsi (excluding 

 apices) stramineous; coriuni faintly shortly palely pilose; 

 structural characters us in generic diagnosis. 



Length 3 mm, 



I/ab. Ceylon; Peradeniyu ( G'/<3t'/»), 



Prodromus cuiieatits, sp. u. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum veiy pale ochraceous; ej'cs 

 black ; antennae with the basal joint pule ochraceous, second 

 joint piceous, suba|)ically aiuiulated with pale ochraceous, 

 third and fourtli joints dull greyi.-h ; hemelytra hyaline, mar- 

 gins of the clavus and cuiieus, costal margin of corium and 

 nuirgins of membranal cell more or less virescent ; body 

 beneath very pale ochraceous ; legs stramineous, upices of 

 the tarsi black; head centrally finely medially impressed; 

 eyes prominent, cxserted, well si'[)urated from the anterior 

 margins of the pronotum ; antcnnui with the first joint a little 

 longer than head, second about half as long again as first ; 

 pronotum with a narrow anterior collar, transversely con- 

 stricted before middle and enclosing two callosities, posterior 

 area tumid, thickly somewhat finely punctate; caucus very 

 long, almost reaching the membranal apex. 



Length 5 mm. 



//<«/>. Ceylon; Peradeniya (G'/'een). 



Distinct from the other described species of Prodromus by 

 the length of the cuneus. 



