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APPENDIX. 



-COBEID.E, 



joint not reaching base of head, second much longer than third; 

 pronotum about as long as head, narrowed anteriorly, anterior 

 margin subtruncate, posterior margin truncate in front of scutel- 

 lum, thence a little oblique to the posterior lateral angles, the 

 lateral margins almost straight or very slightly sinuate ; scutellum 

 small, elongately subtriangular ; corium slightly longer than 

 membrane, the posterior angles elongately produced ; membrane 

 slightly passing the abdominal apex, the veins obliquely straight ; 

 posterior femora strongly incrassate, shortly spinose beneath ; 

 posterior tibiae strongly curved ; first joint of posterior tarsi 

 longer than second and third together. 



Allied to Mirperus and MelanaeantJms, Stal ; known from the 

 Ethiopian, Malayan and Australasian Regions. 



The South African Mirperus rohustus, Dist., can also be included 

 in this genus. 



2765. Tenosius proletarius, Schaum {A\ydi\i&), Ber. Ak. Berl.\%o^, 

 p. 3.58; id. in Peters, Reis. Moss., Lis. p. 42, t. ii, f. 6 (1862). 

 Mirperus nigrofasciatus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7)xiii, p. 352 (1904). 



Ochraceous, coarsely punctate ; head witli a sublateral fascia on 

 each side black or piceous, the edges of the ridge ochraceous and 

 a more obscure central pale longitudinal line ; ocelli purplish-red ; 



Fig. 279. — Tenosius proletarius. 



antennae with the first, second and third joints brownish-ochra- 

 ceous, fourth more palely piceous ; pronotum with two piceous or 

 black longitudinal fasciae (not reaching anterior margin), a central 

 longitudinal line and the extreme lateral margins paler and with 

 an obscure dark submarginal fasciate line, the punctures much 

 coarser than on head; scutellum transversely wrinkled and 



