108 PTEEnOCOEID^. 



Hah. Assam ; Korth Khasi Hills ( Chennell) ; IN'aga 'ili\h{Do7ierti/) ; 

 Sibsagar (Pt'«Z). Dar jeeiiug (CoU. Dist.). Burma; Rangoon. (Fea). 

 — Also found in the Malay Peninsula and several islands of the 

 Malayan Archipelago ; common in the Philippines. 



857. Melamphaus fulvomarginatus, Dohm (Dvsdercus), Stett. ent. 



Zeit. xxi, p. 405 (1860) : Dist. A. M. N. H. \7) ix, p. 37 (1902). 

 Melampliaus lateralis, Walk. Cat. Het. vi, p. 13 (1873). 

 Melamphaus raarginalis, Walk. he. cit. p. 14. 



Piceous ; lateral margins of prouotum, lateral margins of corium 

 (sometimes not extending beyond middle), lateral margins of pro- 

 sternum, sternal incisures, odoriferous apei'tures, and body beneath 

 dull sanguineous ; abdominal incisures piceous ; fourth joint of 

 antennae fuscous, its basal half luteous ; rostrum about reaching 

 the middle of abdomen. 



Yar. a. Lateral and posterior margins of pronotum and lateral 

 margins of corium luteous. 



Length 20 to 24 millim. 



HcOk Trivandrmn. Ceylon; Peradeniya, Kandy (6rreen). 



B. Lateral rnargins of jjronotam reflexed. 



858. Melamphaus rubrocinctus, Stal (Dvsdercus), Berl.ent. Zeitschr. 



vii, p. 403 (1863) : Dhf. A. M. N. H. (7) ix, p. 37 (1902). 

 Melamphaus femoratu8, Walk. Cat. Set. vi, p. 15 (1873). 



Eeddish-ochraceous, faintly sericeous ; a small medial spot at 

 base of head (frequently obsolete), antennse, rostrum, pronotum, 

 scutellum, corium, membrane, segmental incisures, tibiae and tarsi 

 black or piceous ; lateral and posterior margins of pronotum, 

 lateral margins of corium (excluding apex), and two oblique fasciae 

 differing in direction, one before middle and the other near apex, 

 reddish-ochraceous ; sternum fuscous, its segmental margins, spots 

 near coxae, and anterior margin of pronotum dull ochraceous ; 

 lateral margins of prosternum reddish-ochraceous ; apical margin 

 of membrane pale fuliginous. 



Length 19 to 25 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Margherita and ]N'aga Hills (DoJierty), Khasi 

 Hills {Chennell). Burma ; Karennee (Fea). 



Genus ODONTOPUS. 



Odontopus, Laporte, Ess. Hem. p. 37 (1832) ; Stdl, En. Hem. \, p. 102 

 (1870). 



Type, 0. sexpimctaius, Laporte, an Ethiopian species. 



Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Regions. 



Elongately subovate ; lateral margins of the pronotum not or 

 slightly reflexed, pronotal transverse impressions not nearly con- 

 tinued to lateral margins ; rostrum not or scarcely reaching 

 posterior coxae ; odoriferous apertures some^^ hat obsolete, their 

 margins not or little callous ; antennae robust. 



