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EEDUVIID,!:. 



1006, Bagauda avidus, Bevfjr. Rev.cVEnt. xxii, p. 13 (1903). 



Brownish-ochraceous, opaque, beneath paler ; antennae piceous, 

 posterior femora fuscous ; apices of intermediate and posterior 

 femora and bases of intermediate and posterior tibise creamy- white, 

 the fine spines of the anterior femora black ; second joint of antennae 

 distinctly shorter than first ; anterior coxae more than half as 

 long again as head, posterior angles of prouotum distinctly 

 nodulose. 



Fig. 14G. — Bagauda avidus. 



Length S & $, excluding hemelytra, 12 millim. 

 Hah. J^omhrxj {Wrov<)lit on). Ceylon {Green). 

 Dr. Bergroth has obligingly submitted a cotype of his species to 

 me, for comparison with my Ceylonese specimen. 



Genus LUTEVA. 



Luteva, Dohrn, Linn. Ent. xiv, pp. 213 & 242 (1860) ; 8tal, En. Hem. 

 ii, p. 126 (1872) ; id. op. cit. iv, p. 93 (1874) ; Champ. Biol. Centi:- 

 Am., Rhijnch. ii, p. 163 (1898). 



Type, L. concolor, Dohrn, from the Philippines. 



Distribution. Nearctic, Neotropical, and Oriental Regions ; also 

 recorded from Hawaii. 



Body subelongate ; head anteriorly cylindrical, broad posteriorly, 

 and somewhat attenuated eyes moderate in size ; rostrum with 



