^[^. W . L. l)i-l;uil on (hifiitai v .ij)ii i.e. .'il5 



pil'se; cyi's traiisvcMSP, parsing llie anterior mar^iti of tlic 

 pronotuin ; nntoniue with tlw; Imsal j>int «lipjhtly tliickrn'^il, a 

 liitk* lon^t-r tliaii liea<l, siniu'wliat lonely pilone, secorjil j'lint 

 four tiinr.s as I'Mij; a.s tiisf, tliiiil almost half as long as scimhJ 

 and nearly twice as loni^ ag tourtli ; pntnotutn about twice 

 as broad as ion;;, coarsely punctate, anteriorly dtu-livous, the 

 lateia! margins a little rounJIy oblique ; niesonotiun cxposi-d ; 

 sciitellurn t<nl)trian;.;ular ; coriiiin with cuncus about as l''ii^ 

 as the jiecond joint of the antenna*; cuncus elon^^atelv an;^u- 

 late ; nuinbiane louj^ly passin;i; the alMioniinal apex with two 

 fhort, posteriorly truncate cells, the outeruiust smaller ; po.-*te- 

 rior femora very strongly thickened, shoitor than the tiijiae, 

 attenuated towards apices ; tibia* spinulose ; rostrum reaching 

 the posterior coxa», with the first joint shorter than thosecond. 



Tliermus aJumbraluSj sp. n. 



Head dull ochraceous, with three transverse fasciae (one 

 basal, one central, and the other apical) and a central longitu- 

 dinal fascia sanguimous; antenna* ochraceous; pronotum 

 dull ochraceous, a sublateral fascia on each side, a transverse 

 fascia before middle, and a central longitudinal fascia (not 

 reaching base) sanguintoiis ; scutelluin dull ochraceous, the 

 h'teral margins sanguineous; corium dull ochraceous, with 

 the margins sanguineous, the inner and outer margins pre- 

 ceded by small greyish spots, the apical margin broadest, 

 cn8!al margin (excluding apt x) pale ochractous, clivus 

 greyi>h, thickly spotted with brownish ; cuneus pale ochra- 

 ceous, the outer margin and fpcx sanguiiiei>us and with a 

 small fuscous spot near base; mi'mhrane |)ale fuscous, the 

 margins of the c« Us sanguineous ; body beneath and legs pale 

 ochraceous, lateral areas of tiie sternum and abdonjcn mode- 

 rately infu;cate; posterior femora with their apical halves 

 niore or less sanguineous ; structural characters as in generic 

 diagnosis. 



Length 4 mm. 



IJab. Ceylon ; Maskejlina (G. B. de Moiolray). 



SAriNXius, gen. nov. 



Head somewhat small, perpendicularly deflected, sub- 

 triangular, the lateral margins rounded, eyes broad, narrow, 

 tran.sverse, projecting beyond the anterior margins of the 

 ))ronotum ; antei nae with ti.e basal joint mderately thick- 

 ened, longer than head, second joint more than three times 

 longer than first, third about half as long as second and con- 

 sideiably long( r than fourth ; rostrum reaching the posterior 



