OPISTAHSOSTETIIUS. 215 



34o0. Gynopygolax nigriscutellata, Schmidt, Arch. f. Nafurr/. 76, 

 ]). .j;;(i91()). 



Head, prnnotuin, iuid tegmina testaceous red ; scutellum, two 

 basal spots, and a more or less broken transverse fascia to tegmina 

 (near middle) black, apical area of tegmen fuscous brown, its 

 apical margin paler ; body beneath black ; face, clypeus, lateral 



Fig. 159, — Crynopi/guld.r niyriscuicllatcc. 



margins of prosternum, rostrum, coxa) and legs, and apical area- 

 of abdomen testaceous red ; bead with two impressions near 

 base ; anterior lateral margins of pronotum moderately reflexed ;. 

 tegmina about two and a half times as long as broad. 



Length inch tegiii. '21 to 22 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Karen nee {^Fea — Genoa Mus.). 



Genus HOMALOSTETHUS. 



Homalostethus, Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 72, p. 52 (1911); L(dlem.. 



Gen. Insect. Fasc. 14o, pp. 78 & 138 (1912). 

 Cosiiioscarta (Vol. IV, p. 128), part. 



Type, H. terpsichore, Stal, from the Papuan Eegion. 



Distribution. Ceylon and Malayan Archipelago. 



This genus appears to be separated from Gynoj)y(jol.ax by the 

 character of " mesosternum sans protuberance, son bord auterieur 

 en forme de pli." 



One species is included from our fauna : — 



COSMOSCAETA TENKAKTl. (Vol. IV, p. 145, fig. 103.) 



Genus OPISTARSOSTETHUS. 



Oijistar.-ostethus, Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 72, p. 55 (1911); 



Lallem. Gen. Insect. Fasc. 143, p. 143 (1912). 

 Opistarso-stethus, Lallem. Gen. Insect. Fasc. 143, p. 78 (1912). 

 Cosuioscarta (Vol. IV, p. 128), part. 



Type, 0. odojnmcfaiiis. A. & S., from Java. 



Distribution. Brit. India, jNIalay Peninsula, Malayan Archipelago. 



Dr. Lallemand gives the following salient characters for the 



genus: — " Eostre atteignant a peine le bord anterieur du meso- 



