96 



PYREHOCORIDtE. 



and the legs black : anterior femora, bases and a])ices of inter- 

 mediate and posterior femora sanguineous. 



Length, d 40 to 54, $ 28 to 33 millim. 



Hah. Assam; North Khasi Hills (C7«e/iJie?Z). Calcutta. Upper 

 Tenasserim {Limhorg). — Sumatra. Sumatran specimens almost 

 constitute a distinct local race. I have not yet received a specimen 

 from Ceylon. 



Said to attack cotton-plants {Oossypium lierhaceum) (cf. Atkinson, 

 Ind. Mus. Notes, i, p. 125, & ii, p. 166). 



Genus IPHITA. 

 Iphita, Stal, En. Hem. i, pp. 91 & 99 (1870). 



Type, /. Ihnhata, Stal. 



Distribution. Oriental Eegion. 



First joint of antennae in both sexes longer than head, but 

 shorter than head and pronotum together ; prouotum with the 

 disk of the anterior area convex, the convexity, however, well 

 separated from the anterior margin, anterior margin a little 

 concavely sinuate, lateral margins reflexed ; anterior femora 

 strongly spined beneath towards apices. Body oblong ; head 

 somewhat large, equilateral, convex ; rostrum reaching the 

 posterior coxae, first joint slightly shorter than head (not " articulo 

 primo capite nonnihil longiore," as described by Stal), fourth 

 joint shorter than third. 



A. Second joint of antenncti a little longer than tlie first. 



834. Iphita limbata, Stal, En. Hem. i, p. 99 (1870) ; Bredd. (Physo- 

 pelta) Stett. ent. Zeit. 1901, p. 138. 



Piceous or brownish-piceous ; 

 lateral margins of pronotum and 

 corium and base of apical joint of 

 antennae pale luteous ; apices of 

 femora, bases of tibiae, coxae, and 

 trochanters dull reddish ; lateral 

 margins of prosternum, posterior 

 lateral margin of metasternum, 

 and abdominal lateral margins 

 luteous. Second joint of antennae 

 a little longer than the first. 



Var. The luteous marginal 

 markings replaced by brownish. 

 Pronotum obscurely transversely 

 impressed near centre. 



Length 17 to 19 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; North Khasi Hills 

 {Chennell). Hard war {Wood-Mason). Calcutta {Ind. Mus.). 

 Tenasserim ; Houugdarau Valley {Fea), Tavoy {Ind. Mus.). 



Fig. 74. — Iphita limbata. 



