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Depressed, head subporrect, much longer than wider between the 

 eyes ; juga and tylus well produced ; slightly constricted behind the 

 eyes. Eyes prominent, globose, situated at some distance from the base 

 of the head. Ocelli distinct, nearer to the eyes than to one another. 

 Antennae slender, long (except the shorter, snbincrassate fourth seg- 

 ment) ; rostrum very long, first segment extending distinctly beyond 

 the base of the head. Lateral margins of pro-notnm unarmed, but 

 slightly prominent anteriorly ; scutellum unarmed. Meso- and m eta- 

 sternum widely and deeply furrowed, elytra complete, nervures of the 

 membrane fumate, here and there anastomose. Posterior femora 

 neither incrassate nor denticulate. Apical angles of the abdominal 

 segments obsoletely prominent ; abdomen ventrally not sulrate. Con- 

 nexiva extending beyond lateral margins of the elytra. This remark- 

 able genus, which is named afier my friend, Mr. W. L. Distant, to 

 whose labours so much of our knowledge of Oriental Rhynchota is due, 

 appears to be very distinct both in structure and facies from any other 

 Lybantine. 



D. VEDDA, sp. n. 

 Plate A, fig. 15, and Plate C, fig. 3. 



Finely and coarsely granulate and covered with short golden pube- 

 scence. Tylus very slightly longer, and much more elevated than the 

 juga ; antennae (inserted at sides of head between the apex and eyes, 

 distant from either) four and a third times longer than the head ; 

 second segment one-half longer than the first and one-third longer than 

 the third, which is two-thirds longer than the fourth. There is a trans- 

 verse furrow in front of the eyes, and at right angles to it, a short, 

 longitudinal median furrow which forks right and left in semicircular 

 furrowa. Lateral margins and base of pro-notum sinuate, the former 

 reflexed. First segment of anterior tarsi one-fourth longer than the 

 second and third together ; third twice as long as second apex of cor- 

 nimacute. 



$ Rostrum reaching to apex of 6th segment ; connexiva more 

 parallel-sided, not extending far beyond lateral margins of elytra, which 

 generally extend as far as apex of abdomen. Long. 16 mill. 



$ Rostrum reaching to apex of 5th segment ; abdomen Literally 

 rounded, connexiva extending farther beyond lateral margins of elytra 

 which do not in general extend so far as the apex of the abdomen^ 

 Long. 19^—20 mill. 



