>Ir. W. L. Distant <>n IViitafMiiiiiin'. 427 



Araducta (jlabratd. 



Arudiuta ylabmlii, Walk. Cat. lli-t. ii. p. JOS. u. 1 (1807). 

 Itul). Alu, New Guinea. 



Araducta sordida. 

 Jihuphiijanter sordida, Kirby, Journ. Liun. Sue, Zool. x.xiv. p. 8tj (189l'). 



Hub. Ceylon. 



Mr. Kiiljy (supra) (lcscribe.g this .species as allied to 

 " ll/itip/i. j/,iv>^sceusj Walk., from an unknown locality," 

 This is a slip of the pen for R. /ulvescens, Dall., which 1 hlive 

 l)laeecl in the genus Plexij>/ius. 



Araducta hella, sp. n. 



Ochraceous, thickly and coarsely black punctured, the black 

 punctures generally more ])rominent between tiie humeral 

 angles of the pronotum,and most prominent on thescutellum, 

 where they form a broad and very irregular longitudinal 

 fascia. Corium with a distinct discal levigate spot a little 

 before apex. Membrane brassy black, its apical margin pale 

 fuscous. Body beneath and legs pale ochraceous; sternum 

 and abdomen broadly laterally punctured with black, these 

 punctures forming a submarginal fascia, preceded by a distinct 

 segmental row of spots, and outwardly margined by small 

 spots at the a])ices of the incisures, a central spot on the 

 apical segment, and sometimes some spots on basal segments 

 — all these black markings are variable in intensity in 

 ditl'erent specimens. Legs punctured with black, particu- 

 larly the femora. Antenme pale ochraceous. 



Long. <S-1U millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. .5-0 millim. 



Hub. Ceylon (.Vtkinson Coll.: lirit. Mus), 



Allied to A. surdida, Kirby, from which it differs by a 

 narrower and more elongate form : the presence of the levi"-ate 

 spot to the corium ; longer and differently marked scutellum 

 with its basal angles containing an outwardly transverse 

 foveate black impression; second joint of antennoj much 

 shorter, only about half the length of third. 



Araducta repellens. 

 lihaphiyudt-r repellens, Kirb}-, Journ. Linu. Sue, Zool. x.xiv p yfi 



pi. iv. tig. y U»"«^l'). ■ ^' ' 



The produced lateral angles of the pronotum represe:it 

 another section of the genus. 



