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prominent and broadly subangulate, lateral margins slightly reflexed ; 

 scutellum thickly darkly punctate, a levigate ochraceous spot at 

 each basal angle, the apex stramineous with concolorous punctures ; 

 corium thickly but more hnely darkly punctate ; menil)rane passing 

 the abdominal apex, pale fuliginous but reflecting the dark abdomen 

 beneath ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; two spots on each 

 side of pro- and mesosterna, one on each side of metasternum, abdo- 

 minal spiracles and elongate spots on lateral margins, spots on apical 

 areas of femora, apical third of anterior tibiae, and apices of tarsi, 

 black. Long. 14 milhm. Exp. pronot. angl. 8 millim. 



Hah. Travancore (G. S. Imray — Brit. Mus.). 



Scylax porrectm, Dist., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 345, 

 pi. xii. f. 7 ; id., Faun. Brit. lud. Ehynch. i. p. 161, f. 97 (1902). 



Since describing and figuring this species I have received, by 

 the kindness of Dr. Montaudon, a male specimen from Kurseong, 

 Bengal. 



c? . Smaller than female, the lateral lobes of the head somewliat 

 widely separated before the apex of the central lobe as in the female ; 

 anal segment in male somewhat longly produced, on each side in 

 a robust curved spine, these spines are laterally very broad, and 

 are provided beneath, near base, with a small tooth [projecting in- 

 wardly. 



This effectually disposes of the contention of Breddin (Wien. 

 Ent. Zeit. xxvi. p. 93 (1907) ), repeated by Kirkaldy (Cat. Hem. 

 (Heteropt.) i. p. 371, 1909), that S. porrectus, Dist., and S. 

 macrinus, Dist., were the sexes of one species. As both these 

 species were figured (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1887, pi. xii. 

 figs. 7 and 9), where they can both be seen to be female speci- 

 mens, the suggestion always appeared to me to be bizarre, but 

 until I received the male of porrectus the refutation could there- 

 fore well be deferred. 



Compastes taiirus, sp. n. 



Body above castaneous-brown ; apex of scutellum, body beneath, 

 and legs ochraceous ; head coarsely darkly punctate, the lateral lobes 

 divergent at their apices, lateral margins slightly sinuate, apex 

 broadly rounded ; antenme with the first and second joints ochra- 

 ceous, mottled with brownish, third black, ochraceous at base (re- 

 mainder mutilated in type), first joint not reaching apex of head, second 

 slightly shorter than third ; pronotum coarsely darkly punctate, the 

 lateral angles broad, short, a little directed upwardly and forwardly, 

 their apices trisinuate, the anterior and posterior angles subacute, 

 the lateral pronotal margins sparingly dentate, an obscure central 

 pale levigate line, and betweeu the lateral angles transversely sub- 

 rugulose ; scutellum more finely punctate and transversely wrinkled, 

 the basal area moderately elevated ; corium thickly, somewhat finely 

 punctate ; membrane bronzy brown, a little passing the abdominal 

 apex, an obscure ochraceous spot at the outer basal angle ; sternum 



