ONYCHOIRKCKUS. 



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posterior cJaws, and from the latter by the claws being somewhat 

 post-apical and inserted in a cleft in the tarsi.'" First joint of 

 anti^nnaB shorter than any two other joints together ; intermediate 

 and posterior legs each more than twice as long as body ; second 

 joint of anterior tarsi three times as long as first. Eyes not 



prominently exserted, adpressed to 

 ^ ^ head ; rostrum reaching the middle 



of the mesosternum. 



97G. Onychotrechus rhexenor, Kirk. 

 Entomologist, 1903, j). 44. 



Head and pronotum piceous ; 

 lateral margins and a median line 

 to head, lateral margins and three 

 discal longitudinal lines to anterior 

 pronotal lobe, head beneath, and 

 rostrum ochraceous ; lateral and 

 posterior margins of posterior pro- 

 notal lobe greyish white ; hemelytra, 

 legs and antennae pale fuscous, veins 

 to hemelytra distinct : body beneath 

 greyishly pubescent ; prosternum, 

 coxa), trochanters, bases of femora 

 and apex of abdomen very pale 

 ochraceous : first joint of antennae 

 longest, second longer than either 

 third or fourth, which are almost 

 subequal in length. 



Length 5| millim. 



Hah. South India; Kanara {Goll. 

 Dist.). 



Fig. 131. 

 OnycJiotrechus rhexenor. 



977. Onychotrech^^s sakuntala, Kirh. (Genis) Entomoloaist, 1901, 

 p. 117. 



Black, palely pubescent ; a central line and anterior lateral 

 margins to head, extreme lateral margins of pronotum, and three 

 longitudinal fasciae (central narrowest) to anterior lobe pale ochra- 

 ceous ; hemelytra fuscous, the veins and posterior pronotal 

 margin pale pubescent ; sternum silvery-grey ; abdomen pale 

 ochraceous ; lateral margins of steriuim and abdomen black, that 

 of sternum containing two ochraceous lines ; coxae, legs and 

 rostrum ochraceous ; apices of the femora and the tarsi fuscous ; 

 antenna; with the basal joint ochraceous, the remaining joints 

 infuscated, the joints almost subequal in length. 



Length 5| millim. 



Hah. Ceylon : Pundaluoya {Green). Burma {Coll. Dist.), 



This and the preceding species, although described by Mr. Kirk- 

 aldy in different genera, are questionably distinct, and will 



