40 ltgjEid^. 



Body elongate ; first joint of antennae very short, not reaching 

 apex of head ; eyes prominent ; first joint of rostrum not reaching 

 base of head ; pronotum convex ; scutellum subequilateral ; apical 

 margin of corium sinuate near apex of clavus ; anterior femora 

 moderately incrassated. 



750. Phlegyas burmanus, sp. u. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum black, 

 finely pilose ; antennae, eyes, and two 

 obscure discal spots to pronotum dull, 

 dark ochraceous ; basal joint of antennae 

 piceous ; apical margin and apex of scu- 

 tellum and the corium ochraceous ; mem- 

 brane obscure hyaline : body beneath 

 piceous ; lateral areas of sternum and 

 lateral margins of abdomen obscure ochra- 

 ceous ; femora mostly black, their upper 

 surfaces and apices, the tibiae and tarsi 

 ochraceous, bases and apices of tibiae 

 black ; third and fourth joints of antennae 

 Fig- -9- longest and subequal in length; pronotum 



PUegyas burmanus. somewhat coarsely granulate, with a dis- 



tinct central longitudinal carination. 

 Length 4 millim. 

 Hab. Burma ; Pegu. 



Genus PACHYGRONTHA. 



PacbygTontha, Germ, in Silb. Rev. Ent. v, p. 152 (1837) ; Stdl, Hem. 



Afr. ii, pp. 146 & 147 (I860) ; id En. Hem. iv, p. 138 (1874). 

 Pachygroncha, Spin. Gen. d'Ins. Atr. p. 140 (1852). 

 Atractophora, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1853, p. 250. 

 Peliosoma, Uhler, Froc. Ac. Fhilad. 1860, p. 229. 

 Dilophos, Mo7itr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xi, 1864, p. 226. 



Type, P. lineaia. Germ., a South-African species. 



Bistrihution. Ethiopian, Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental, and Neo- 

 tropical Regions. 



Basal joint of antennae longest, very considerably passing the 

 apex of the head, its apex distinctly incrassated ; scutellum longer 

 than broad ; apical margin of corium straight. 



a. First joint of antenna' about as long as head and jironotum 

 together. 



751. Pachygrontha lewisi, Dist. A. 31. j\.H. (7) viii, p. 474 (1901). 



Ochraceous ; body above, sternum, and legs coarsely punctate ; 

 pronotum with a central pale levigate fascia, bordered on each side 

 with piceous, a spot of the same colour in each anterior latei'al 



