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contiguous spots on anterior disk, a large spot before the middle of 

 each lateral margin, and two transverse spots beyond middle which 

 almost meet and nearly form a transverse fascia, black ; body be- 

 neath purplish-red, the abdomen more sanguineous ; sternum largely 

 spotted with greenish-black ; legs more or less blackish-green ; 

 rostrum and posterior abdominal segmental margins (the latter 

 broadly widened outwardly) and a spot on apical segment black ; 

 first and second joints of antennae very short, fourth and fifth 

 longest and subequal in length, each a little longer than third ; 

 rostrum somewhat longly passing the posterior coxte. 



Length 19 to 22 millim.; width between pronotal angles 10 to 11 

 millim. 



Hab. Burma {fide Breddin). Teuasserim {fide Atkinson).— ^iaXviy 

 Peninsula. Java. Bantam. 



This species may be placed next C. grandis (vol. i, p. 54), to the 

 description of which I added a note : " An alhed species C. iris, 

 Germ, has been stated by Atkinson to be recorded from Teuasserim, 

 but I can find no confirmation of this habitat." Now that Breddin 

 has recorded it from Burma the species must be included in our 

 enumeration. 



Genus ARCTOCORIS. (Vol. I, p. 70.) 



I have followed Stal in treating Irochrotus, Amy. & Serv. as a 

 synonym of Arctocoris (part.), Germ. Dr. Schouteden inchnes to 

 the reverse method and treats Irochrotus as a distinct genus and as 

 representing both the species included in these volumes. I here 

 follow the original method, at least for the sake of conformity. 



2700. Arctocoris indicus, Schout. (Iroclirotus) Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg 

 xlviii, p. 303 (1904) : id. Wi/tsm. Gen. Ins. fasc. xxiv, p. 89, 

 t. V, f. 9 (1904). 



" Body elongate, the sides nearly parallel, black, slightly brilliant ; 



above densely and clearly punctate, the puncturation a little more 



remote and less clear on the scutellum ; covered with a coarse white 



pubescence intermixed with long stiff brown hairs ; scutellum largely 



(except at base, a fascia on each side of the median line, and a 



straight band outwardly directed) of a somewhat deep brownish- 



castaneous ; head a little shorter than broad ; bueculse exhibiting 



behind an angle nearly straight, rounded, their extreme edge 



straight ; antennae piceous, second and third joints somewhat pale 



testaceous, first joint a little longer than the second, third scarcely 



shorter ; pronotum profoundly incised on each side, a little less 



behind the middle, the posterior lobe a little broader behind than 



the anterior lobe, the margins slightly rounded, the anterior lobe 



at the lateral edges rounded in front, straight behind, the posterior 



ancle rounded, the anterior lobe not much broader in front than 



the head, the anterior angles rounded, slightly prominent as seen 



