AETABANUS, 157 



Prouotum either moderately or not dilated, broadest posteriorly, 

 the lateral margins medially more or less prominently dentated ; 

 first joint of the antennjB incrassate, passing the anterior process 

 of head, longer than the second ; hemelytra with corium and 

 membrane almost indefinable ; lateral margins of abdomen not 

 prominently dilated, but with the segmental angles prominent ; 

 pronotum with a distinct anterior collar, the anterior portion of 

 lateral margins somewhat truncately lobately produced, posterior 

 margin truncate. 



933. Carventus gestroi, Bergr. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxxii, p. 712 



(1892). 



Head, antennae, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs 

 fuscous ; pronotal lateral margins somewhat obscurely ochraceous ; 

 hemelytra and connexivum dull pale ochraceous ; hemelytra, 



Fig. 115. — Carventus gestroi. 



excluding basal area, and segmental margins to connexivum tinged 

 with obscure pale castaneous ; lateral margins of abdomen be- 

 neath narrowly coloured as connexivum above ; legs fuscous, 

 extreme apices of femora and the tibiae a little paler. 



Length 5^ millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Karennee (Feci). 



Genus ARTABANUS. 



Artabanus, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii, p. 31 (1815) ; id. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. 

 Fork. 1870, p. 672 ; id. En. Hem. iii, p. 139 (1873). 



Type, A. geniculatus, Stal, from the Philippines. 



Distribution. Oriental and Papuan Regions. 



Pronotum at base on each side before scutellum a little sinuate, 

 or before basal angles of scutellum a little lobate, lateral margins 

 straight or medially unisinuate ; scutellum with a longitudinal 

 rugosity ; hemelytra with the corium and membrane well defined, 

 membranal veins distinct ; antennae with the first joint consider- 

 ably shorter than the third ; head narrowed behind eyes, and there 

 neither laterally tumid nor spinose. 



