iU ^Fr. W. L. Distant on Oriental Caj)sul£e. 



Lygiis Valerius, sp. n. 



ITead reddish ocliraceous, its apex and the eyes bhack ; 

 anteniije uith tlie liist and second joints bhick, ihird and 

 fourth pale brownish, base of third ocliraceous ; pronotum 

 ocliraceous, the anterior and lateral margins pale reddish 

 ochraceous, behind the anterior margin two transverse black 

 callose spots; scutellnm, corinni, and cuneus black; mem- 

 brane pale fuscous subhyaline, basal area darker, reflecting 

 the dark abdomen beneath ; body beneath black, lateral artas 

 of the sternum reddish ochraceous ; legs ochraceous, the 

 basal areas and annulations to the apical areas of the femora 

 piceous or black ; antennse with the basal joint about as 

 long as head, second about twice as long as first; eyes promi- 

 nent and projecting beyond the anterior margin of the 

 pronotum; scutellum foveately impressed at base; hemelytra 

 obscurely, shortly, palely pilose ; apices of the tarsi black. 



Length 3 to 3| mm. 



Hah. Kumaon ; Bhim Tal, 4500 feet {Annandale). 



Allied to L. catuUus, Dist. 



Lygus devinctus, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous or pale castaneous, with the apex and the 

 eyes black ; antennae with the basal joint ochraceous or pale 

 castaneous, second joint black, third and fourth fuscous, base 

 of third ochraceous; pronotum ])ale ochraceous, with two 

 transverse black callose spots beliind the anterior margin ; 

 scutellum black; corium ochraceous, clavus with an inner 

 black fascia, widened posteriorly, but not occupying the apical 

 angle, corium with a large transverse black spot beyond 

 middle ; cuneus black, its basal margin ochraceous ; mem- 

 brane pale fuscous, subhyaliiie, its basal area blackish by 

 reflecting the dark abdomen beneath ; body beneath black ; 

 prosternum, rostrum, and legs ochraceous, femora obscurely 

 annulated with brownish, their bases black or piceous, apices 

 of the tibise and tarsi narrowly black, in some specimens the 

 anterior tibiai are centrally obscurely darkly annulate; an- 

 tennai with the basal joint as long as head, second joint about 

 twice as long as first ; cuneal fracture profound ; membrane 

 longly passing the abdominal apex. 



Lt-ngth 4 mm. 



Hah. Kepal; Soondiijal (Ind. Mus.). 



Thermus, gen. nov. 

 Head a little broader than long, the anterior margin longly 



