. Rhynchota ... punctate. Allied to Ledrojisis, from which it principally differs by thevertex not longer than breadth between eyes, the sinuate lateralmargins and the anterior foveations to the pronotum, &c. 2391. Confucius ocellatus, sp. n. 5 . Pale umber-brown, body beneath and legs much paler;vertex of head about as long as breadth between eyes, finelygranulate on apical area, the ocelli very prominent and appearingas two large black granules, the lateral margins a little angulatein front of eyes, thence gradually narrowing to apex, which issubangulate, the lateral areas downwardly reflexe
. Rhynchota ... punctate. Allied to Ledrojisis, from which it principally differs by thevertex not longer than breadth between eyes, the sinuate lateralmargins and the anterior foveations to the pronotum, &c. 2391. Confucius ocellatus, sp. n. 5 . Pale umber-brown, body beneath and legs much paler;vertex of head about as long as breadth between eyes, finelygranulate on apical area, the ocelli very prominent and appearingas two large black granules, the lateral margins a little angulatein front of eyes, thence gradually narrowing to apex, which issubangulate, the lateral areas downwardly reflexed on each side;pronotum thickly finely granulate, the posterior angles a little«ubacutely prominent, the lateral margins strongly sinuate, a largeand deep foveation on each side near anterior margin; scutelkim CONFUCIUS. 179 finely transversely wrinkled, the apex globosely incrassate, fromeach side of the anterior margin is a similar short obliqueglobose ridge not extending beyond the middle of scutellum ;. Fig. 118.—Confucius ocellatus. tegraina coriaceous, greyish, the veins brownish; wings greyish,semi-opaque. Var. Tegmina speckled with brownish. Length inch tegm, § 9 millim. Hah. Bengal; Kanchi (Ze/ro?/). Ceylon; Kalutara ((?re<eH). A single $ specimen of this small and distinct species wassent to me by Mr. Green, and another specimen of the same sex\\a3 forwarded for identification by Mr. Lefroy ; the latter is herefigured and represents the var. in which the tegmina are speckledwith brownish. paler;tuber-vertex 2:392. Confucius bituberculatus, sp. n. § . Dark brownish-ochraceous; body beneath and legstegmina dull dark subvirescent, with a prominent blackculous granule a little beyond middle of each claval area;of head about as long as breadth between outer margins of eyes,the lateral and apical margins ochraceous and marked with somebrownish dots, the remaining surface somewhat granulate exceptingthe area between ocelli, the lateral margins somewhat obliquelystrai
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