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ceous ; antennae longly pilose, black, first joint brown, its extreme 

 base pale ochraceous ; pronotum, excluding the posterior lateral 

 margins, and base of scutellum cupreous ; hemelytra black, a very 

 deep black patch on clavus and disk of conum, the lateral margins 

 and the apical area of corium reddish-black ; connexivum marked 

 with black on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth segments ; ster- 

 num blackish ; abdomen beneath reddish ochraceous, with the 

 segmental sutures and large, lateral patches on each segment 

 united to form a broad band, black; apices of the anterior and 

 intermediate tibiae black ; anterior and intermediate femora very 

 faintly, and the posterior femora very distinctly, annul ated with 

 black at about middle ; a narrow black annulation near base of 

 posterior tibiae. 



IvCngth 13 millim. 



Type No. 8385/Hi in the collection of the Zoological Survey 

 of India. 



Closely resembling E. cupreus. 



Villus melanopterus, Stal. 



Two specimens from Tura, 1,200-1,500 ft., 15.vi-15.vii.19 17. 

 Recorded from Assam and Burma. 



Harpactor marginellus (Fabr.). 



Two specimens from Tura, 1,200-1,500 ft., 15.vi-15.vii.ua7 

 and two from above Tura. 



Recorded from Assam, Burma and Aden. 



Harpactor nigricollis (Dall.). 



Four specimens from above Tura. 

 Found in Bhutan, Sikkim and Burma. 



Sphedanolestes mendicus (Stal) var. 



One specimen from Tura, 1,200-1,500 ft , 15.vi-15.vii. 1917. 

 Recorded from Assam and Burma. 



Sycanus ? dubius, sp. nov. 



Described from a single specimen from above Tura, 2,500 ft., 

 viii.1917. 



Head, antennae, anterior lobe of pronotum, scutellum, mem- 

 brane, body beneath, legs, and large rounded spots on the dilated 

 connexivum shining black ; antennae with the fourth joint very 

 dark brown, the first joint longest, about as long as the anterior 

 tibiae ; head a little longer than pronotum ; rostrum with the 

 second joint longest; anterior lobe of pronotum small, centrally 

 impressed near base, posterior lobe luteous, smooth, the lateral 

 angles nodulosely subprominent ; scutellum without a raised 



