MACROPES. 



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b. Memh'cme reaching the fourth , hut not the fifth ahdominal segment. 



725, Macropes dilutiis, Dist. A. M. N.H. (7) viii, p. 467 (1901). 



Head, prouotuiu, sternum, and femora 

 very dark castaneous ; autennaj, tibiae, 

 and abdomen aboA'e and beneatb pale 

 castaneous ; corium pale creamy-white ; 

 base of scutellum, claval margins, apex 

 of corium, and the membrane very dark 

 castaneous ; membrane with the inner 

 angle, a marginal spot, and the apex 

 creamy-white ; tarsi and antennae oehra- 

 ceous. 



Pronotum with a distinct, central, 

 transverse impression, the anterior lobe 

 with the disk somewhat flatly gibbous, 

 its posterior margin moderately concave ; 

 apex of membrane extending beyond the 

 fourth abdominal segment. 



Fig. 17. 

 Macrcypes dilutus. 



Length 7 millim. 



Hah. "North India" {Coll. Dist.). 



Burma ; Bhamo (Fea). 



726. Macropes excavatus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) viii, p. 467 (1901). 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, abdomen above, and body beueath 

 black ; legs and antennae ochraceous ; corium pale ochraceous, 

 with the claval margins and venation somewhat darker ; membrane 

 piceous, basal angle, a spot on each lateral margin, and the apex 

 creamy-white. Membrane just passing the fourth abdominal 

 segment. 



Length 6 millim. 



Hah. Assam : Shillong. 



c. Membrane reaching the fifth ahdominal segment. 



727. Macropes punctatus, W'aUc (Ischnodemus) Cat. Het. V, p. 132 

 (1872) ; Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) viii, p. 467 (1901). 



Black ; tarsi castaneous or piceous ; hemelytra stramineous ; 

 veins to both corium and membrane, and a large spot occupying the 

 posterior disk of membrane, piceous ; posterior margin of pro- 

 notum, rostrum, coxae, and abdomen above and beneath castaneous. 

 Membrane extending to the fifth abdominal segment ; anterior 

 lobe of pronotum obscurely centrally sulcate, posterior lobe with 

 its anterior disk finely granulate, its posterior margin sinuate, its 

 posterior angles a little lobate. 



Length 10 millim. 



Hah. " JN'orth India " {Boges, Brit. Mus.). 



