HOLOPTimS. 



199 



fourth twice as long as third ; heinel^'tra with four longitudiual 



and inner transverse veins whicli 

 form four apical cells ; linear oval 

 white spots hetween the veins ; pos- 

 terior tibia? longlyluteoQs-rufesceut, 

 setose. 



Length including hemelytra 8| 

 millim. 



Hah. Nepal (Hardtvicl-e). — Java 

 (ITorsJieM). 



Considerable confusion attaches 

 to the synonymy of this species. 

 Amyot and Serville's description and 

 figure (Hem. p. 318, pi. vi, f . 4, 1843) 

 do not seem to apply. I have not 

 seen the species, but reproduce 

 Westwood's description and fio-ure. 



139. I'/i/oicriis fuscus. 



Genus HOLOPTILUS. 



Holoptiliis, Lepel. S,- Sen: Encycl. Mcth. x, p. 280 (1825) ; Lap. 



Ess. Hem. pp. 7 & 50 (1832) ; Ami/. S,- Sen: Hem. p. 320 (1843) ; 



Stdl, Hem. Afr. iii, p. 45 (1865) ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 5 (1874). 

 Lasiocera, Lap. Ess. Hem. p. 47 (1832). 



Type, H. uysiis, Lepel. & Serv., a South-African species. 



Distribution. Southern Palaearctic, Ethiopian, and Oriental 

 Hegions. 



Body ovate ; head oval, elevated hehind eyes ; ocelli wide apart ; 

 rostrum with the first joint nearly twice as long as the apical 

 joints together ; antenntie with the first joint short, second very 

 long and longly setose, third and fourth short ; hemelytra ample, 

 twice or more than twice as long as the abdomen ; coriaceous 

 portion short, triareolate, membranous portion very large .; legs 

 short, longly setose ; tarsi two-jointed. 



995. Holoptiliis melanospilus, Walk. 



. ij. 83 



(Maotys) C'at. Hef 



(1873)"; Lvth. Sf Sev. (Ftilocerus) 



Cat. Gen. Hem. t. iii, p. 93 (1896) ; 



Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) X, p. 181 



(1902). 



Head, antennjip, pronotum, scutellum, 

 rostrum, body beneath and legs golden- 

 yellow : hemelytra creamy-white, the 

 veins and basal angles yellow, a larger 

 transverse fascia widest interiorly before 

 middle, and marginal and apical spots 

 dark fuscous-brown ; legs and antennae 

 very longly setose ; margins of pronotum 

 and basal margins of hemelytra setose. 



Length to apex of hemelytra 8 millim. 



Hah. " Hindostan " (i?y'i<. J/i<s.). Ceylon: Puttalam (G^re^u). 



Fig. 140. 

 Holoptilus melanospilus. 



