200 KEDUYIID.E. 



996. Holoptilus viverra, Walk. (MaoUs) Cat. Het. \u, p. 88 (1873); 



JFestn: Thesaurus Ent. p. 19l>, pL xxxvi, f. 11 (1874). 



Head, anteunoe, pronotum, scutelluiu, basal area of hemelytra. 

 body beueath, rostrum and legs light ochraceous ; liemelytra 

 yellowish-white, a medial irregular transverse fascia, followed by 

 four transverse lateral marginal spots, of which the first is con- 

 nected with the transverse fascia, and the third and fourth with a 

 large subapical spot, purplish-black ; legs, antennae and pronotum 

 longly setose. 



Length to apex of hemelytra 2 millim. 



Hah. " Hindostan" (Capt. Boys, Brit. ^- Oa-ford Mvs.). 



997. Holoptilus fasciatus, Rent. Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. xii, p. 272 (1881). 



Antenna^, legs and veins to diaphanous hemelytra flavous-ferru- 

 gineous or fulvous; lougly concolorously setose; abdomen piceous, 

 beneath at middle and apex flavo-ferrugineous ; hemelytra twice 

 the length of abdomen, whitish hyaline, basal third part, four 

 transverse marginal anterior strias and a large apical spot w iiich 

 almost passes the interior areola subsericeous-black. 



Length with hemelytra 61 millim. 



Hah. Bengal ; Calcutta {jide Reiiter). 



I have not seen this species. 



998. Holoptilus iDUrmanicus, IVestw. Thesaurus Ent. p. 192, pi. xxxvi, 



f. 9 (1874). 



Fulvous-brown ; hemelytra with, the basal area whitish with the 

 veins fulvous, apical area, more than half, fuscous-broun, the 

 veins and some irregular suffusions fulvous, and w ith piceous spots 

 on its margin and at apical angle; legs, antennse, margins of pro- 

 notum and basal margin of hemelytra lougly brownly setose. 



Length excluding hemelytra 5 millim. 



Hah. Burma (Oxford j\his.). 



I have not seen this species, the description of which is founded 

 on Westwood's short comparative diagnosis and his figure. He 

 states that the species is also contained in the British Museum, 

 but it is not to be found in that collection at the present time. 



Subfamily IL EMESIN^. 



Emesina, Stdl, Eti. Hem. iv, p. 4 (1874). 



This subfamily of the Eeduviidse is easily recognized by the 

 elongate anterior coxae, and general raptorial appearance of the 

 anterior legs, which have a considerable resemblance to those of 

 the orthopterous family Mantidae. The species are either winged or 



