BEACHTRHYNCHUS. 159 



apical margin straight ; femora armed with a long spine before 

 apex. 



Length 85 milHm. 



Hub. Burma ; Palou, Karennee (Fea). 



B. Ajica? of anterior j^rocess of head bifurcate ; corium not much 

 longer than scutellum. 



937. Artabanus excelsus, Bergr. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxxii, pp. 713, 



806 (1892) ; id. Ent. Tidsh: xv, p. 102 (1894). 



$ . Oblong, ovate, shortly pilose, piceous ; membrane black ; head 

 distinctly longer than broad, apex of anterior process distinctly 

 bifurcate ; antennae with the second joint a little shorter than the 

 first, third about twice the length of the second ; pi'onotum a 

 little broader posteriorly than anteriorly, anterior lobe with a 

 transverse series of four prominent tubercles, lateral margins 

 strongly medially sinuate, the lateral angles rounded; scutellum 

 medially carinate ; hemelytra reaching the base of the apical 

 abdominal segment ; legs shortly pilose, femora finely granulate. 



Length 9| to 10 millim. 



Hub. Burma ; Karennee {Fea). — Also recorded from the island 

 of Engano. 



938. Artabanus bilobiceps, Leth. (Brachyrliynchus) Ann. Mzis. Civ. 



Gen. xxvi, p. 464 (1888). 

 Artabanus atkiusoni, Bergr. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvii, p. 734, 

 pi. xii, f. 5 (1889). 



Elongate, fuscous or ferruginous, tibiae and tarsi paler; second, 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth segments of connexivum with a large 

 ochraceous spot ; membrane piceous, its basal area luteous ; head, 

 pronotum, veins to corium and the femora granulate ; head with 

 the apex of the anterior process furcate ; antennae with the first 

 joint much longer than the second, third about three times longer 

 "than second : pronotum distinctly transversely impressed, anterior 

 area quadritubereulate, lateral margins profoundly unisinuate, 

 lateral angles rounded. 



Length, c^ 6|, $ 7 millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim ; Thagata {Fea). — Sumatra {fide Lethierry). 



Genus BRACHYRHYNCHUS. 



BrachAi'livnchus, Lap. Ess. Hem. p. 54 (1832) ; Amy. S)- Serv. Hem. 



p. 304 ("1843) ; Stal, Hem. Afr. iii, p. 32 (1865) ; id. En. Hem. iii, 



p. 140 (1873). 

 Mezira, A7)ig. S,- Serv. Hem. p. 305 (1843) ; Bergr. Wien. ent. Zeit. 



iv, p. 181 (1885). 

 Dusius, Bergr. Ent. Tidskr. xv, p. 104 (1894). 

 Subg. Arictus, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii, p. 31 (1865) ; En. Hem. iii, 



p. 144 (1873). 



Type, B. membranaceus, Fabr. 



