520 IMr. W. L. Distant 07i Oriental Capsldse. 



margin, which is truncately sinuate, exposing the mesonotum, 

 the anterior margin carinate, transversely imprcs.se(i before 

 middle, the lateral margins concavely sinuate ; scutellum 

 triangular, moderately tumid ; corium (including cuneus) as 

 long as posterior tibite, ciineus small, broader than long ; 

 membrane passing the abdominal apex, and with a basal, 

 posteriorly truncate cell ; legs somewhat long, posterior 

 iemora a little curved at base, all the femora distinctly but 

 moderately thickened ; posterior tarsi with the first joint 

 shorter than the second. 



In the enumeration of tlie Capsidje of British India this 

 genus is placed near Ti/raqueUiis, Dist. 



Silanus prmfectuSf sp. n. 



Head, antennae, thorax, and scutellura black ; corium 

 brownisli ochraceous, a small marginal spot at base and a 

 larger marginal spot before cnneus ochraceous ; clavus 

 darker and more fuscous in hue ; cuneus brownish ochraceous, 

 outwardly castaneous ; membrane fuliginous ; head beneath 

 and sternum black; abdomen beneath piceous; femora 

 black, apices of posterior femora ochraceous ; rostrum, tibise, 

 and tarsi brownish ochraceous, apex of rostrum black ; head 

 granulose, with a pale, central, longitudinal spot at base ; 

 pronotum punctate and shortly, palely pilose ; clavus and 

 corium thickly, palely pilose ; other structural characters as 

 in generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hub. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). 



Nicostratus diversus^ sp. n. 



Head and pronotum fuscous brown, eyes black; antennse 

 black, basal joint brownish ochraceous, bases of third and 

 fourth joints stramineous ; scutellum piceous, with the 

 lateial margins stramineous ; corium black, clavus and 

 corium crossed by a transverse white fascia near apex of 

 scutellum ; cuneus black, membrane dark piceous ; head 

 beneath, sternum, and legs brownish ochraceous, intermediate 

 and posterior coxge and bases of femora whitish, apices of 

 tibi« and the tarsi pale ochraceous, apices of tarsi black ; 

 abdomen beneath black, with the base and a central longi- 

 tudinal line ochraceous ; antennse somewhat stout, basal 

 joint much shorter than head, second about three times as 

 long as first, third longer than fourth, third and fourth to- 

 gether almost as long as second ; rostrum passing the 

 anterior coxse ; pronotum globosely tumid, deflected anteriorly, 



