100 ME. W. r. KIRBT ON THE 



*tEHYPABOCHROMUS LEUCOCEEAS. 



Rhyparochromus leucoceras. Walk. Cat, Hem. Het. B. M. v. p. 102, 

 n. 158 (1872). 



Apparently tlie commonest species of the genus in Ceylon. 

 Eesembles the descriptions of DieucJies punctipes and femoralis, 

 Dohrn, in several particulars. 



Found under stones and rubbish, such as decaying leaves {E. 



E. a.). 



Ehypaeocheomus beevis. 



Rhyparochromus brevis, MofscA. BmZ/. Mosc. xxxvi. (3) p. 78 (1863). 



Described from Ceylon (Patannas). 



Ehypaeocheomus fusconeevostjs. 



Rhyparochromus fusconervosus, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. xxxvi. (3) p. 79 

 (1863). 

 Described from Ceylon (Colombo). 



Ehypaeocheomus sikgalensis. 



Rhyparochromus singalensis, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 404 

 (1860). 

 Described from Ceylon. 



*tIiHYPAEOCHEOMUS GrEEENI, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 8 lin. 



Dark brow^n ; head, antennae, front of pronotum, scutellum, 

 under surface, and femora black ; hinder part of pronotum and 

 corium dark reddish brown ; front and lateral margins of pro- 

 notum and costa of corium testaceous ; antennae with the third 

 joint shortest, and white at its extremity ; hind part of pronotum 

 and pectus strongly punctured, abdomen beneath much more 

 finely ; membrane brown, with small whitish mottlings ; tibiae 

 and tarsi reddish brown. 



Closely allied to B. sordidus, Fabr., but darker. 



Pundaloya. 



DiEUCHES PUKCTIPES. 



Dieuches punctipes, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit, xxi. p. 405, n. 61 

 (1860). 



Described from Ceylon. 



DiETJCHES EEMOEALIS. 



Dieuehes femoralis, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 405, n. 62 (1860). 



Described from Cevlon. 



