510 Mr. W. L. Distal, t cm > iental Capsldx. 



brane pale olivaceous, subhyaline, the basal area reflecting 

 the daiker abdomen beneath, the cellidar margins black ; 

 body beneath, rostrum, and legs ochraceous ; antennae \\ith 

 the basal joint moderately thickened and a little longer than 

 bead, second joint slightly thickened and nearly four times as 

 long as first ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotum 

 w'nU the anterior area subgranulose, the posterior area trans- 

 verselj striate and centrally longitudinally impressed, poste- 

 rior angles slightly straightly prominent; scutellum with the 

 disk very finely transversely striate. 



Length 10 mm. 



Hab. Bengal ; Lebong, 500 feet (Lefroy). 



Diffeis from IJ. spinosiis, Dist., by the less produced poste- 

 rior pioiiotal angles ; and from IJ. vitripennis, Stal, by the 

 absence of the linear pronotal markings, different colour of 

 antennsBj &c. 



DiOPHANTUS, gen. nov. 



Head somewhat large, longer than broad, the lateral margins 

 slightly sinuate, centrally slightly longitudinally ridged ; eyes 

 large, a little obliquely directed backward ; antenna with the 

 first joint scarcely as long as head, second about three times as 

 long as first, first and second longly pilose, third and fourth 

 slei.der, third about half the length of second and distinctly 

 longer than fourth ; rostrum reaching the i)osterior coxae; pro- 

 notum nearly twice as broad at base as long, the basal 

 margin convex and about tw^o and a half times as broad as 

 anterior margin, transversely impressed near anterior margin, 

 and behind this impression two transverse callosities, lateral 

 rr.argins oblique j scutellum triangular; corium (including 

 cuneus) a little longer than posterior coxa^, the costal ma'gin 

 slightly convex; cuneus broad, elongalely triangular, the 

 basfil margin towards iinier apex obliquely deflected to mem- 

 brane ; membrane passing abdominal apex, with a short sub- 

 quadrate posteriorly subtruncate cell, to which is attached a 

 smaller inner cell ; legs of moderate size and length ; posterior 

 tarsi with the first and second joints subequal in length; 

 body and legs thickly, more or less longly pilose. 



In the Indian enumeration 1 place this genus between 

 Paracaltcoris and Calocoris. 



Diophantus literahis, sp. n. 



Body above brownish ochraceous, thickly, somewhat longly 

 pilose; cuneus castaneous, its basal margin ochraceous ; head 

 with a central longitudinal line and the eyes black ; antennje 



