584 Mr. W. L. Distant's 



antennae five-jointed, basal joint not reaching the apex of the head • 

 pronotum with the lateral margins oblique, laminate, slightly but 

 distinctly recurved ; the anterior angles prominent, anterior margin 

 sinuated for the reception of the head, lateral angles subprominent ; 

 scutellum shorter than the corium gradually attenuated to apex 

 which is narrow and obtusely acute ; membrane with longitudinal 

 veins, some furcate but not reticulate ; rostrum reaching the inter- 

 mediate coxae, first joint not quite reaching base of head ; meso- and 

 metasterna somewhat obscurely furrowed. 



Allied to JZdnus, DalL, and differing principally by the 

 narrowed scutellum ; also by the sinuated and more 

 reflexed lateral margins of the head, etc. 



Prtetextatus typicus, sp. n. 



Blackish-castaneous, the corium a little paler in hue ; membrane 

 fuliginous ; antennse piceous, the apical joint stramineous ; body 

 beneath black ; legs and rostrum dark castaneous ; pronotum with 

 two small central pale spots on anterior disk. 



Antennae with the fourth joint longest, second shorter than third ; 

 upper surface thickly punctate, scutellum transversely wriukled. 



Long. 13 millim. Exp. pronot- angl. 7 millim. 



Hob. Bukma (Coll. Dist.). 



Valescits, gen. nov. 



Somewhat broadly ovate ; head with the lateral margins reflexed, 

 moderately laminate, angulated in front of eyes, the lateral lobes 

 longer than the central and cleft at their apices, eyes large and 

 prominent ; antennae five-jointed, basal joint not reaching the apex 

 of the head ; pronotum with the anterior angles broadly truncate 

 and acutely angulated at their apices, lateral margins oblique, 

 moderately laminate and very finely crenulate, lateral angles sub- 

 prominent, posterior margin nearly straight, anterior margin 

 excavated for the reception of the head behind which it is truncate ; 

 scutellum more than half the length of the abdomen and narrowed 

 before apex which is rounded ; membrane not quite reaching apex of 

 abdomen and with longitudinal veins ; rostrum reaching the inter- 

 mediate coxae, the first joint almost extending to base of head ; 

 meso- and metasterna somewhat obscurely furrowed ; antennae, 

 tibiae, and tarsi distinctly pilose. 



Allied to JEdnns and Prtetextatus. 



