MELA.MPHAUS. 



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coxae, trochanters, and legs sanguiueous ; apical joint of antennae 

 (excluding base) greyish ; basal area of head finely and obscurely 

 granulate ; posterior area of pronotum coarsely punctate and 

 somewhat rugulose : second joint of antennae slightly longer than 

 first, third and fourth subequal in length. 



Length 7 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Palon {Fea). 



Genus MELAMPHAUS. 



Melampliaus, St&l, Hem. 

 p. 102 (1870). 



Fahr. i, p. 83 (1868) ; id. En. Hem. i, 



Type, M. faher, Fabr. 



Distribution. Oriental Kegion. 



Body very oblong; head with eyes about equal in width to anterior 

 margin of pronotum, eyes not touching anterior pronotal mai'gin ; 

 rostrum long, first joint extending beyond anterior margin of 

 prosternum ; antennae long, first and second joints equal in length ; 

 eyes sessile ; pronotum long, narrowed anteriorly, lateral margins 

 acute, sometimes reflexed, transverse impression curved, not con- 

 tinuous ; hemelytra passing the apex of the abdomen ; incisures of 

 the third and fourth ventral segments moderately laterally curved ; 

 legs long, anterior femora spined beneath near apices : first joint 

 of the posterior tarsi much longer than the two apical joints 

 together. 



A. Lateral margins of pronotum acute, not rejlexed. 



856. Melamphaus faber, Fahr. (Cimex) Mant. Ins. ii, p. 297 (1787); 



id (LvojBus) Fnt. Si/st. iv, p. 146 (1791) ; StSl, Hem. Fabr. i, 

 p. 83 (1868). 



Sanguineous ; antennae, 

 posterior area of pronotum, 

 scutellum, corium, mem- 

 brane, sternal sutures, two 

 small basal medial spots to 

 second and third abdominal 

 segments, four lateral seg- 

 mental abdominal spots, ros- 

 trum and legs black ; corium 

 with an ochraceous spot near 

 centre of apical margin ; 

 rostrum extending to near 

 middle of abdomen. 



Var. a. Head sanguiueous. 



Var. h. Spot to corium very 

 large and sanguineous. 



Var. c. Body above uni- 

 formly black ; disk of abdomen beneath piceous. 

 Length 25 to 28 millim. 



Fig. 79. — Melamphaus faher. 



