GARDEX.A , 



215 



posterior femora, and bases of intermediate and posterior tibiae 

 (excluding a small spot) creamy -white ; first joint of antennae 



Fig. 152. — Gardena bicolor. 



shorter than abdomen ; hemelytra present, about reaching middle 

 of abdomen. 



Length 30 millim. 



Hah. Burma; near Eangoon (C'oZ?. Dt'si.). 



B. 



Apterous ; first joint of antennce about as long as abdomen. 



1014. Gardena melinartlirum, Dohm, Linn. Ent. xiv, p. 214 (1860) ; 

 id. op. cit. XV, p. 64 (1863). 



Black, shining ; head brownish-ochraceous, piceous at base ; 

 rostrum ochraceous, darker at base ; cox^e, trochanters, and bases 

 of intermediate and posterior femora brownish-ochraceous ; apices 

 of intermediate and posterior femora, and bases of intermediate 

 and posterior tibiae (excluding a small spot) creamy-white ; first 

 joint of antennce about as long as abdomen, posterior femora much 

 shorter than tibiae, but considerably passing apex of abdomen ; 

 hemelytra absent. 



Length 20 to 25 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon {Green). 



