454 Mr. W. L. Distant on Oriental Capsldse. 



ArOLLODOTUS, gen. no v. 



Head half as long as broad, very broad between eyes, 

 anteriorly per[)endicularly deflected, medially longitudinally 

 impressed, transversely impressed behind eyes and narrowed 

 to base; eyes small and placed near apex of head and longly 

 removed from base; antennae with the basal joint thickened, 

 about as long as head, second joint moderately thickened, 

 more than twice as long as first, third longer than fourth, 

 together little more than half the length of second ; pronotuni 

 about half as long as breadth at base, with a narrow anterior 

 collar behind which are two transverse constrictions enclosing 

 an area which is centrally carinate and contains a smooth cal- 

 losity on each side, very strongly narrowed from base to head, 

 the lateral margins straightly oblique ; scutellum gibbous, 

 shortly acute at upper posterior angle; corium (excluding 

 cuneus) short, broad, about as long as head and pronotuin 

 together, the costal margin a little convexly dihited ; cuneus 

 short and broad, the cuneal fracture profound ; legs of mode- 

 rate length, the posterior tibire as long as corium and cuneus 

 together, posterior tarsi with the first joint longer than 

 second. 



Allied to Angerianus, Dist., but shorter, broader, head 

 much shorter and less exserted, pronotum much broader and 

 more regularly narrowed; scutellum distinct. 



Apollodotus prcefectus^ sp. n. 



Head obscure ochraceous, centrally and behind the eyes 

 marked with black ; antennae with the first joint black, 

 second joint ochraceous, with the apical area black, third and 

 fourth obscure ochraceous; pronotum black, coarsely punc- 

 tate, a central longitudinal line, lateral margins and the 

 apical basal margins more or less ochraceous ; scutellum 

 black ; clavus black, with a large dull ochraceous spot near 

 middle ; corium subhyaline, with blackish spots, the two 

 largest forming a transverse fascia near middle; cuneus and 

 membranal cells margined with piceous; membrane pale 

 hyaline, longly passing the abdominal apex ; body beneath 

 and legs black, apices of the femora and basal areas of the 

 intermediate and posterior femora ochraceous, tibiae and tarsi 

 ochraceous ; abdomen beneath with two ochraceous spots on 

 each side beyond middle; other structural characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Length 3^ mm. 



Hab, Ceylon; Eppawala (Green) . 



LTo be continued,] 



