430 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



fasciae levigate, oclivaceous. Pronotum with three discal, 

 lineate, levigate, ochraceous fasciaj, the central one straight, the 

 outer two oblique. Scutellum with a small spot near each 

 basal angle and a central levigate longitudinal fascia, ochra- 

 ceous ; extreme basal angle subfoveate and piceous. Corium 

 with tlie base of lateial margins ochraceous. Membrane 

 piceous. Connexivum alternately ochraceous and piceous. 

 Body beneath piceous ; sternum with sublateral ochraceous 

 lineate spots ; lateral margins of abdomen broadly dark 

 ochraceous, extreme margin spotted with pale ochraceous ; 

 legs pale brownish. Antennas with the third, fourth, and 

 fifth joints piceous. 



First and third joints of antennge shortest and subequal in 

 length, fourth slightly longer than fifth. 



Long. 5^ millim. 



Ilab. Ceylon {G. Leivis) ; North Khasia Hills {Chennell). 

 Coll. Uist. 



Menedemus MeroglypMcus, sp. n. 



Brownish ochraceous, thickly and darkly punctate. Head 

 with three discal levigate, lineate, ochraceous fascias, the 

 central one straight, the others sliglitly curved. Pronotum 

 with the lateral margins and five similar fascia3, and between 

 the two outermost a short basal fascia, ochraceous. Scutellum 

 with an elongate spot near each basal angle, the lateral and 

 apical margins, a central longitudinal fascia, and a transverse 

 cential sinuate fascia crossing disk levigate, ochraceous, ex- 

 treme basal angles subfoveate and piceous. Corium narrowly 

 ochraceous at base of lateral margin, a sublateral lineate 

 ochraceous fascia, and with some testaceous discal markings. 

 Membrane piceous. Connexivum alternately ochraceous and 

 black. Body beneath piceous ; sternum with a sublateral 

 ochraceous levigate fascia on each side ; abdomen with the 

 posterior segmental margins, a central and two discal longi- 

 tudinal fascise on each side, and a series of marginal spots 

 ochraceous. 



Antennge dull dark brownish, first and third and fourth and 

 fifth joints subequal in length. 



Long. 7-8 millim. 



Hah. Bombay [Br. Leith). Coll. Dist. 



Genus PoDODUS. 

 Pododus ovulus. 



Sciocoris ovulus, Dall. List Hem. i. p. 132. n. 4 (1851). 



