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LYG^ID^. 



and the apical margins broadly white; antennae,^ rostrum and 

 legs pale testaceous ; apices of femora more or less infuscated ; 

 posterior lobe of pronotum very strongly punctated. 



Length 5 millim. 



Hah. Bombay ( Wrovghtboi). 



I am indebted to the courtesy of Dr. Bergroth for the oppor- 

 tunity of figuring this species. 



Genus POLYCRATES. 



Polycrates, StaJ, Hem. Afv. ii, pp. 154 & IGl (1865); id. En. Hem. 

 \x, p. 155 (1874). 



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



Distribution. South Africa; British India. 



Head much narrower than the anterior margin of the pronotum ; 

 anterior femora incrassate, distinctly spinous beneath ; scutellum 

 distinctly longer than broad ; pronotum longer than broad, behind 

 middle strongly constricted, anterior lobe about twice as long as 

 posterior lobe ; anterior tibia) distinctly curved, their apices 

 prominently ampliated. 



785. Polycrates nexus, sp. n. 



Black, shining ; corium brownish-oclira- 

 ceous, crossed beyond middle by an irre- 

 gular transverse fascia connected with an 

 angulate apical margiii, black ; membrane 

 fuscous with an apical greyish spot ; inter- 

 mediate and posterior tibiae ochraceous, 

 their apices narrowly black, anterior tibiae 

 mutilated in specimen described ; antennae 

 and rostrum brownish-piceous ; anterior 

 lobe of pronotum with the anterior and 

 lateral margins narrowly browuish-ochra- 

 ceous, posterior lobe finely granulate ; 

 scutellum with a narrow central longi- 

 tudinal impression ; anterior femora 

 strongly spined beneath. 

 Length 7 millim. 

 I-/(d>. Kangra Valley (Dv(hjeon). Burma ; Minhla (Comotto). 



Fig. 45. 

 Polycrates nevus 



Genus BOSBEQUIUS, nov. 



Type, B. latus, Dist. 



Distribution. Tenasserim. 



Broadly subovate ; head small, conically produced, much nar- 

 rower than anterior margin of pronotum ; basal joint of antennae not 

 reaching apex of head, second joint a little the longest ; first joint 

 of rostrum extending beyond base of head ; pronotum very Jarge 

 and broad, transverse impression indistinct, anteriorly subglobose, 

 posterior margin moderately concave in front of scutellum, broader 



