182 APPENDIX. REDUVIID.i:. 



anterior coxse, basal joint incrassate, darker than the remaining 

 joints; intermediate tibiae apically palely annulate, intermediate 

 and posterior tarsi mutilated in typical specimen. 



Length 15 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). 



1 have only seen an incomplete specimen of this well-marked 

 species. 



Subfamily SAICIN^. (Vol. II, p. 217.) 



Genus POLYTOXUS. (Vol. 11, p. 217.) 

 2955. Polytoxus formidabilis, sp. n. 



Head very pale ocbraceous ; basal joint of antennte ochraceous, 

 about as long as posterior tibiae, head strongly transversely im- 

 pressed behind eyes ; prouotum pale stramineous, posterior lobe 

 much shorter than anterior lobe \^'hich is narrowed towards head, 

 has its basal margin moderately concave and possesses an elongate 

 foveation on each lateral area, posterior lobe with a long spine, 

 shorter than pronotum, directed upwardly and forwardly on each 

 posterior angle ; scutellum with a long erect slightly backwardly 

 directed spine, about as long as the pronotal spines ; hemelytra 

 very pale stramineous ; head beneath and rostrum very pale 

 ochraceous ; sternum and abdomen pale stramineous, the disk of 

 the latter piceous ; legs pale ochraceous, anterior tibiaj strongly 

 curved, anterior femora with a series of strong spines beneath. 



Length 13 millim. 



Hab. Madras Province ; Kodaikanal, Palni Hills {Coll. Dist.). 



This fine species, for which I am indebted to Dr. JMontandon, 

 is allied to P. jiallescens, Dist., from which it differs by the much 

 longer pronotal and scutellar spines and the more strongly spinous 

 anterior femora. 



Subtamily TlUBELOCEPHALlNzE. (Vol. 11, p. 219.) 



Genus TRIBELOCEPHALA. (A'ol. 11, p. 220.) 

 2956. Tribelocephala orientalis, sp. u. 



Smaller than T. indica. Walk. (vol. ii, p. 220), the colour 

 brownish ochraceous, not piceous ; principally to be distinguished 

 from Walker's species by the shorter and comparatively broader 



