MECOSTETHUS. — GYMXOBOTIIRU3. 1 13 



130. Mecostetluis fasciatus, Brmin. 



Mecostethus fasciatus, Bniimer, Ann. Mus. Genova, xxxiii, 1893, 

 p. 127. 



Eedclisli brown, with a broad pale central stripe running along 

 the head, pronotiun, and tegmina. Fastigium of the vertex 

 triangularly produced, concave above. Antennae filiform, black, 

 with the tip paler. Pronotum rugose, witii a narrow continuous 

 median carina, the last transverse sulcus placed rather behind the 

 middle, behind which the lateral carinae are visible in the female 

 only. Tegmina extending for one-fourth of their length beyond 

 the abdomen, with the accessory nervure distinct ; brown, with a 

 yellow line on the front margin, and a pale sti'ipe on the hind 

 margin, very distinctly marked ; wings slightly clouded. Hind 

 femora pale reddish, with the tip browner, or black (in the male) ; 

 hind tibiae black at the base with a pale ring, the rest dull blue, 

 with 10 spines on the outer carina. Subgenital lamina of the 

 male shortly and obtusely pointed. 



Length 11-21 mm.; antennae, 9-10 mm.; pronotum, 3'3-4mm.; 

 tegmina, 13-] 9 mm.; hind femur, 10-13 mm. 



Burma : Metanja, Palon. 



Types in the Genoa Museum. 



Genus GYMNOBOTHRUS. 



Gymnobothrus, Bolivar, Jorn. Sci. Lisb. (2) i, 1889, p. 100. 

 Type, Gymnobothrus Unea-alba, Bol. 



liange. Africa, India. 



Fastigium of the vertex triangular, but narrowly rounded in 

 front, excavated above, with the margins between the eyes more 

 or less carinately produced ; foveolae triangular or subti'apezoidal, 

 mostly filled up, very oblique or perpendicular, not visible from above ; 

 frontal carina convex between the antennae, then sulcated, and 

 continued to the clypeus. Antennae filiform, or slightly depressed 

 before the middle, about as long as the head and pronotum 

 together. Pronotum tricarinate, with three transverse sulci, the 

 deflexed lobes higher than long. Tegmina perfectly developed, 

 the discoidal area with a distinct intercalated nervure, the ulnar 

 nervures diverging at the base, with an accessory nervure between 

 them. Wings hyaline or shghtly infuscated at the tips. Meta- 

 sternal lobes more or less converging behind the foveolae, but in 

 the male always contiguous. 



131. Gymnobothrus indicus, Boh 



Gymnobothrus vidicits, Bolivar, Ann. See. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, 

 ■p. 596, pi. ix, fig. 31. 



Testaceous, varied with brown. Foveolae of the vertex sub- 

 quadrate, filled up with black; frontal carina impress-punctate, 



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