DINOMACHUS. 



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connexivam ochraceous spotted with piceous : body beneath piceous, 

 greyishly pilose ; legs ochraceous, posterior femora with two dark 

 spots a httle before apices ; antennae ochraceous, the third and 

 fourth joints a little infuscated. 



Length 5 millim. 



Hah. Burma : Bhamo (Fea). 



Genus SADOLETUS, nov. 



Type, S. validus, Dist. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 



Body robust, subelongate ; head short, triangular, eyes touching 

 the anterior margin of the pronotum ; antennae with the basal 

 joint just passing the apex of the head, fourth joint slightly 

 longest ; ocelli placed a little before eyes and near posterior margin ; 

 rostrum about reaching the posterior coxae, first joint as long as 

 head ; pronotum transversely constricted, moderately widened 

 posteriorly, posterior margin straight ; scutellum large, sub- 

 triangular, moderately tumid at base ; corium extending to about 

 two-thirds the length of the abdomen : membrane passing the 

 abdominal apex. 



747. Sadoletus validus, sp. n. 



Olivaceous ; posterior lobe of 

 pronotum, apex of scutellum, and 

 abdomen brownish - olivaceous ; 

 legs and antennae stramineous, 

 third and fourth antennal joints 

 somewhat infuscated, tibiae bi- 

 annulated with pale brownish, and 

 apices of tarsi the same colour ; 

 posterior femora with a fuscous 

 spot on upper surface a little 

 beyond middle ; head, anterior 

 lobe of pronotum, base of scu- 

 tellum, and sternum thickly and 

 finely pilose ; postei'ior lobe of 

 pronotum and apex oF scutellum thickly punctate, corium linearly 

 and more sparingly punctate ; membrane pale hyaline. 

 Length 4| millim. 

 Hub. Ceylon; Veva.([ei\\ya. {Green). Mergui. 



Genus DINOMACHUS. 



Diuomachus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) viii, p. 473 (1901). 



Type, D. marshalli, Dist., an African species. 



Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Regions. 



Body elongate, subovate ; head broad, robust, pointed anteriorly ; 

 first joint of antennae reaching or passing apex of head ; basal joint 

 of rostrum extending beyond base of head ; pronotum distinctly 

 centrally transversely impressed, anterior lobe a little globose, 



Fis. 26. — Sadoletus validus. 



