On the Agriotijpe of Domestic Assea. 5:i3 



consideralily shorter limn posterior (il)iai ; niemhraiie loii'^Iy 

 passing abdominal apex with .in clon;,'ate posteriorly truncate 

 cell ; lejjs sonu'wliat long and slender, the posterior femora 

 distinctly thickened, the j)osterior tihiie as long as corium 

 and cuneiis together, posterior tarsi with the badul joint 

 longest. 



In the enumeiation of the Indian Capsidoe I place this genus 

 near Zunc/n'usy Dist., to which it is closely allied, but separated 

 by the structure of th'j head. 



Zouodorus gubernator^ sp. n. 



Head, antennie, pro- and mesonota, scutellum, body be- 

 neath, ro.stium,and legs stramineous or very pale ochraceous ; 

 base of lirst joint ot ajitennai and the basal areas of the 

 bnnora gieyisli white ; cUvus, curium, and cuneus greyish 

 white, subhyaline, niacularly mottled with pale vireseent, 

 tlie costal area of curium (excluding b:ise) and extreme apex 

 pale ochraceous, the margins of clavus adjoining scutellun 

 also pale ochraceous j membrane very pale brownish ochra- 

 ceous, the basal area mottled with pale virescent and the 

 niembranal cells posteriorly margined witii the same colour ; 

 the upper surface is distinctly, Hnely, palely pilose ; structural 

 characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). 



[To be continued.] 



LXV. — On the Agriotype of Domestic Asses. By R. I. 

 I'OCOCK, F.L.S., F.Z.ki., Superintendent of the Zoological 

 Society's Gardens. 



Domestic asses are usually considered to be descended from 

 tlie wild ass now found in the Eastern Soudan, to which 

 Fitzinger's name Equiis asinus africanus has been restricted. 

 Several examples of this local race have been fully described, 

 namely : one from Yalalub and one from Kassala bv Mr. de 

 Winton (' Mammals of Egypt,' pp. 829 & .'530, 1902), and 

 one from Nakheila, on the south bank of the Atbara lliver, 

 by Mr. Lydekker (Nov. Zool. xi. pp. 593-595, 1904). 

 These agree closely in coloration, being greyish fawn in 

 colour, with the muzzle, the area round the eyes, and the legs 

 whitish. The specimen, alleged to have come from Nubia, 

 which Dr. Sclater de[»icted on I'l. L. tig. 2 of the P. Z. S. for 



