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EEDrviir.T. 



Genus GOMESIUS, nor. 



Type, G. predatorins^ Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon . 



Elongate ; wings rudimentary ; legs very long ; rostrum reaching 

 anterior coxae, first joint short, not nearly reaching eyes, second 

 about twice as long as first ; antennae with the first joint very 

 slightly curved, longer than second ; anterior coxae long but 

 shorter than femora ; anterior femora a little sinuate beneath, 

 finely spinous from apex to about one-third from base, where there 

 is a very long prominent spine (in the typical specimen the right 

 femur has two spines as shown in figure) ; anterior tarsi half as 

 long again as tibiae, compressed, claw-like, the joints fused into one ; 

 apparently two apical claws, one distinct, the other subobsolete ; 

 head and thorax granulate, prothorax long with two medial 

 tuberculous spines ; hemelytra rndimentary, extending only to 

 about one-third of abdomen. 



1010. Gomesius predatorius, sp. n. 



Fuscous ; antenn.-e much annulated with ochraceous ; rostrum 

 biannulated with ochraceous ; anterior femora much suffused with 

 ochraceous, anterior tibiae with a subbasal annulation, and tarsi 



Fig. 150. — Gonegius jjredatorius. 



with a basal anuidation, ochraceous ; intermediate and posterior 

 legs ochraceous, the femora above and tibiae near base fuscously 

 annulate, apices of tibite and the tarsi fuscous. 



Length 15 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Kundy (Green). 



