Rhynchota .. . coxte; pro-notum broader than long, tlie anterior margin scarcely half as broadas the posterior margin, which is truncately sinuate, exposing themesonotum, the anterior margin carinate, transversely impressedbefore middle, the lateral margins concavely sinuate; scutellumtriangular, moderately tumid ; corium (including cuneus) as longas posterior tibiae, cuneus small, broader than long ; membranepassing the abdominal apex and x^ith a basal, posteriorly truncatecell; legs somewhat long, posterior femora a little curved at base,all the femora distinctly but moderately thickened ; p
Rhynchota .. . coxte; pro-notum broader than long, tlie anterior margin scarcely half as broadas the posterior margin, which is truncately sinuate, exposing themesonotum, the anterior margin carinate, transversely impressedbefore middle, the lateral margins concavely sinuate; scutellumtriangular, moderately tumid ; corium (including cuneus) as longas posterior tibiae, cuneus small, broader than long ; membranepassing the abdominal apex and x^ith a basal, posteriorly truncatecell; legs somewhat long, posterior femora a little curved at base,all the femora distinctly but moderately thickened ; posterior tarsiwith the first joint shorter than the second. In this enumeration of the Capsidse of British India the genusis placed near Ti/raquellus, Dist. 3046. Silanus prsefectus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 520 (1909). Head, antenna?, thorax, and scutellum black : corium brownishochraceous, a small marginal spot at base and a larger marginalspot before cuneus ochraceous : clavus darker and more fuscous in. Fig. —tSilanus ixrcejcctu^ hue; cuneus brownish ochraceous, outwardly castaneous ; mem-brane fuliginous; head beneath and sternum black; abdomenbeneath piceous; femora black, apices of posterior femora 268 APPBNBIX.—CAPSID^. ochi-aceous ; rostrum, tibiae, and tarsi brownish oehi-aceous, apexof rostrum black; head granulose, with a pale, central, longitudinalspot at base ; pronotum puncta,te and shortly, palely pilose; clavusand corium thickly, palely pihjse ; other structural characters asin generic diagnosis. Length 4 millim. Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). Genus NICOSTRATUS. (Vol. II, p. 475.)3047. Nicostratus princeps, Dist. Entomoloyist, 1909, p. 60. Brownish ochraceous ; a transverse white fascia crossing coriumand clavus at apex of scutellum : membrane piceous ; head verylarge and globose, almost circular, about as long as broad, with atransverse rounded incised line between the eyes; antennae paleochraceous, apices of second and third joints, and the ap
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