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PYRRUOCORID.I. 



853. Euscopus rufipes, sm, En. Hem. i, p. lOG (1870). 



Pyrrhocoris Tittiventiis, Walk. Cat. Het. v, p. 171 (1872j. 

 ^Eschines pyrrhocoroides, Kirk. ^- Ediv. Wien. e)it. Zeit. xxi, p. 107, 

 t. iii, ff. 7,"7« (1002). 



Black ; margins of pronotum, broadest posteriorly, apex of 

 scutellum, corium, connexivum (above 

 and beneath), lateral margins of pro- 

 sternum and legs sanguineous ; clavus 

 (excluding sutural margins), a large 

 rounded discal spot, and sometimes 

 apical angle to coriuui black ; inner 

 augle and apical margins of membrane 

 pale fuliginous ; fourth joint of an- 

 tennse stramineous, its apex fuscous : 

 body beneath greyishly sericeous, a 

 rounded black spot near basal lateral 

 margins of third, fourth, and fifth 

 segments ; disk of pronotum, scutellum, 

 and corium thickly finely punctate, 

 posterior marginal area of pronotum 



sparingly and more coarsely punctate. 



Var. In some specimens the ground-colour of the corium is 



ochraceous, and in others the abdominal disk is sanguineous. 

 Length 10 millim. 

 IJab. Sylhet (Vienna 2Ius.). North Ivhasi Hills (Oheniiell); 



Naga Hills {Dohertij). Burma; Karennee {Fea). — Originally 



described from Java. 



Fig. 7S.— Et(scopi(.f rufipes. 



854. Euscopus indecorus, Walk, (ryrrhocovis) Cat. Het. v, p. 172 

 (1872) ; Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) ix, p. 37 (1902). 



Piceous ; lateral and posterior margins of pronotum, lateral 

 margin and a small spot near apical margin of corium, lateral 

 margins of prosternum, posterior margins of pro- and metasterna, 

 lateral margins of abdomen, coxae, trochanters and rostrum ochra- 

 ceous or brownish-ochi'aceous ; membrane dark fuliginous, its 

 apical margin a little paler ; fourth joint of antennae fuscous, 

 its base stramineous ; last four segments of abdomen marked with 

 a round black spot near lateral margins ; transverse incisure to 

 pronotum defined by a series of very coarse punctures ; anterior 

 femora with two distinct spines beneath near apex. 



Length 7 to 10 milhm. 



Bab. Assam ; North Khtisi and Naga Hills (ChenneU). Ceylon 

 (Leiuis). Burma; Teinzo, Bhamo (Fea). — Originally described 

 from Siam. 



855. Euscopus gestroi, sp. n. 



Piceous ; basal joint of antennis, lateral margins of pronotum 

 and corium, connexivum, lateral margins of sternum and abdomen, 



