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APPENDIX. LYG.tElD^. 



longitudinal carina ; coriiun considerably longer than membrane, 

 which scarcely passes the abdominal apex, and with the basal 

 cells distinct ; femora moderately thickened. 

 Near Sadoletus, Dist. 



2811. Epibomius pusa, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 329 (1909). 



Head black ; antennae piceous, greyishly pilose ; pronotum pale 

 castaneous red, the anterior and posterior areas more or less black; 

 corium black, very finely greyishly pilose, the basal and apical 

 angles testaceous f head beneath black; sternum pale castaneous 



Fig. 15. — Epibomius pusa. 



red, with its disk black; abdomen beneath and legs sordidly ochra- 

 ceous, the former with its base and apex black ; conuexival border 

 beneath pale luteous, with black spots ; head thickly obscurely 

 punctate ; antennae with the second joint longest, third and fourth 

 strongly pilose, fourth joint slightly longer than third ; pronotum 

 sparingly very coarsely punctate, its lateral margins prominently 

 pilose ; corium obscurely punctate and more distinctly pilose ; 

 sternum sparingly coarsely punctate. 



Length 3| to 4 millim. 



Bob. Bengal ; Pusa {Lefroy). 



Grenus MESCHIA, nov. 



Type, M. pugnax, Dist. 



Distribution. Bengal. 



Head much broader than long, the anterior margin strongly 

 sinuate and angulate on each side before eyes, the central lobe 

 prominent and somewhat strongly produced; ocelli on extreme 



