U Mr. W. L. Distant on Coroidas. 



Genus Cloresmus. 



Cloresmus modest us, sp. n. 



cJ. Body above brownish ocliraceous, sometimes tinged 

 with purplisli ; antennas, rostrum, a central fascia to head 

 beneatli, and niesosternum, anterior and intermediate legs, 

 posterior trochanters and tarsi ochraceous ; posterior legs and 

 abdomen beneath reddish brown ; abdomen above purplish, 

 sometimes pale castaneous, with three pale central ochraceous 

 spots — one on second segment and the others at junction of 

 third and fourth and fourth and fifth segments ; connexivum 

 above and beneath ochraceous, spotted with black or casta- 

 neous at the incisures; membrane pale fuscous; scutellum 

 with the apex and basal angles narrowly ochraceous. 



c? . With a very distinct spine on outer edge of posterior 

 coxfe ; rostrum extending about halfway across mesosternum ; 

 antennas very hirsute, first and third and second and fourth 

 joints almost subequal in length ; ]:)osterior femora armed with 

 a long spine beneath a little beyond centre. 



Long., cJ 18 millim., ? 16 millim. 



Hah. cJ ?, British India, North Khasia Hills {Chennell, 

 Coll. Dist.) ; ? , Singapore (//. N. Ridleij, Brit. Mus.). 



The Singapore specimen is somewhat paler beneath than 

 in the Khasia examples. 



The species is allied to N. nepalensis, Westw,, from which 

 it differs by its larger size, longer antennas, different colour of 

 the abdomen, &c. 



Cloresmus khasianus, sp. n. 



Above pale shining olivaceous or brownish ochraceous, 

 with the head and anterior margin of pronotum olivaceous ; 

 antennae with the first, second, and third joints brownish 

 ochraceous, with their extreme apices olivaceous, fourth joint 

 ochraceous, its base and an apical annulation fuscous ; abdo- 

 men above sanguineous, with two small ochraceous linear 

 spots at bases of fourth and fifth segments; connexivum 

 ochraceous, with large fuscous spots at the incisures; pro- 

 sternum, anterior and intermediate legs, and posterior tarsi 

 ochraceous; meso- and metasternum, abdomen beneath, and 

 posterior legs castaneous; lateral margins of abdomen ochra- 

 ceous, minutely spotted with fuscous at the incisures ; head 

 beneath and anterior margin of prosternum shining pale 

 olivaceous. 



S . Antennas hirsute, the first and third and second and 



