148 PHYMATID^. 



transverse baud to abdomen above and antennae dark brownish- 

 red ; head and fourth joint of antennae blackish above ; corium 

 reddish-yellow ; legs yellow ; head long ; rostrum with the first 

 and second joints nearly equal ; antennae thick, first joint com- 

 paratively short, twice as long as broad, second joint 2k times, 

 third twice, fourth scarcely more than three times as long as 

 broad, twice as long as second and third together ; pronotum sub- 

 triangular, ] I times as broad as long, a distinct impressed medial 

 line on antei'ior area, two middle keels distinct, obsolete before 

 and behind, lateral angles pointed and triangular, directed a 

 little upw ard and backward ; anterior coxae only a little shorter 

 than femora; scutellum flat, only about one-sixth longer than 

 broad, without keel ; membrane fuscous, nervures darker ; con- 

 nexivum with its first and second segments projecting at hind 

 angles, that of third segment angularly produced. 



Length 11 millim. 



Hab. Poudichery (Vienna Mus,). 



I have not seen this species. 



919. Amblythyreus quadratus, Westw. Tr. E. S. iii, p. 31 (1843); 

 Handl, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xii, p. 212 (1897). 



Ochraceous ; lateral pronotal angles and a spot on extreme 

 dilatation of connexivum piceous ; head and antennae brownish- 

 ochraceous, the last with the base of apical joint pale ochraceous ; 

 scutellum broad, about as long as head, about as broad at base as 

 long ; abdomen somewhat widely dilated, obtusely angulate at its 

 extreme dilatation, where its width is about equal to its length ; 

 head finely granulate ; posterior area of pronotum coarsely punc- 

 tate ; lateral pronotal angles subacute and a little upwardly 

 reflexed. 



Length 10 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4 millim. 



Ifab. " East Indies " (Mus. Oxford Sj- Vienna). 



920. Amblythyreus intermedius, Handl. Ann. Hofnms. Wien, xii, 

 p. 210, t. vi, f. 7, t. ix, ft. 50, 51 (1897). 



Allied to A. rhomhiventris, Westw. ; abdomen widely dilated, 

 acutely, not obtusely, angulate at its extreme dilatation, where its 

 width is considerably greater than its length ; scutellum short, 

 broad, about as long as head, but longer than broad at base ; a 

 broad piceous transverse fascia at centre of connexivum ; post- 

 ocular area of head not piceous ; posterior mai-gin of pronotum 

 less broadly piceous. 



Length 10 to 12 millim. 



Hab. Bengal. Trichinopoly. Kodaikanal, Palni Hills (Jide 

 Handiirsch). 



I only know this species by the description and beautiful figure 

 given by Handiirsch. 



