206 APPENDIX. KEDLVIID.B, 



aiiteniue about as long as anterior femora, black (remaiuiug joints 

 mutilated in typical specimen) ; anterior lobe of pronotum centrally 

 longitudinally sulcate, posterior lobe centrally broadly impressed ; 

 pronotum about as long as bead, basal margin straigbt, posterior 

 angle a little broadly, roundly prominent; membrane with the 

 apical area brownish ochraceous and considerably passing the 

 abdominal apex ; femora nodulose. 



Length i) milliin. 



Hah. " India " {Bowring, Brit. JJus.). 



Allied to S. tricJirous, Stal, a species I have not seen, but from 

 the description of which S. hoivrinrjl diflters in the colour of the 

 rostrum, spots to head, and the colour and markings of the 

 abdomen beneath. 



To follow S. trichrons (vol. ii, ]). 343). 



2'Jb2. Sphedanolestes himalayensis, Ui.d. Aim. >Suc. Ent. Bclf/. liii, 

 p. 370 (1009). 



Head above, antennae and legs black : anteocular area of head 

 (excluding apical spot), a spot between eyes, and a longitudinal spot 

 behind the transverse impression, extreme base of head, pronotum, 

 scutellum, abdomen above and beneath, sternum and bases of 

 femora, sanguineous; head beneath, rostrum, coxae, and trochanters 

 ochraceous ; abdomen above apically and sublaterally black ; 

 corium pale brounish ochraceous with the veins darker, membrane 

 ])ale Havous hyaline ; head about as long as pronotum, anteocular 

 a little shorter and narrower than postocular area ; antennaj with 

 the first joint as long as the anterior femora; pronotum with the 

 anterior lobe convex, centrally longitudinally snlcate, the posterior 

 lobe centrally broadly impressed, the posterior angles broadly 

 rounded, slightly prominent ; rostrum reaching the anterior coxa3, 

 its apex piceous, first joint reaching eyes, shorter than second 

 joint ; membrane considerably passing the abdominal apex ; body 

 and legs pilose, the legs and margins of connexivum longly 

 pilose. 



Length 11 millim. 



Hah. East Himalayas. 



By the sanguineous pronotum alUed to the preceding species, 

 /S. hoivringi. 



2083. Sphedanolestes rubeciila, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, p. o70 

 (lUOO). 



Head and scutellum black ; pronotum and sternum sanguineous ; 

 al)domen beneath sordidly piceous shaded with black and with a 

 laro-e pale basal spot ; legs black, coxae and extreme bases of 

 anterior femora sanguineous ; hemelytra pale bronzy-brown, corium 

 distinctly longitudinally grooved, membrane finely wrinkled ; head 

 about as long as pronotum, postocular area a little longer and 

 broader than anteocular area, Avith two prominent tubercles just 



