POLYTOXL'S. 



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than broad; one or two long spines to anterior femora situate 

 before middle ; body apterous, or hemelytra when present not 

 extending much beyond the middle of the abdomen. 



1017. Ischnonyctes alatus, sp. n. 



Fig. \')d. — Ischnoni/ctcs alatus. 



Pale brownish-ochraceous ; eyes, 

 apex of rostrum, apex of anterior 

 tibiae, and apices of anterior tarsi 

 piceous ; head beneath and ster- 

 num brownish ; first joint of 

 antennae apically piceous, its ex- 

 treme apex luteous ; first joint 

 of autennae about as long as 

 anterior femora and coxae to- 

 gether ; apices of femoral spines 

 piceous ; posterior lobe of pro- 

 notum with two central carinate 

 lines converging posteriorly; hem- 

 elytra about reaching middle of 

 abdomen ; posterior femora not 

 quite reaching abdominal apex, 

 shorter than the tibiae ; anterior 

 tibiae and apices of intermediate 

 and posterior tibiae obscurely 

 annulated with brown. 



Lengtl) 16 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya(G^>'ee?i). 



Subfamily III. SAICINiE. 



Saicina, Stdl, En. Hem. iv, p. 4 (1874). 



As in the preceding subfamily, Emesinae, ocelli are absent, but the 

 coxae are not elongately produced ; the body is pilose or sericeous; 

 the antenniferous tubercles are not laterally prominent ; first joint 

 of antennae long and slendei- ; pronotum elongate. 



Only one genus of this small subfamily is at present known 

 from British India. 



Genus POLYTOXUS. 



Polvtoxus, Spin. Ins. Artr. p. 47 (IBoS) ; Retit. Rev. (VEnt. ix, p. 2-30 

 (1890). 



Acauthothorax, Costa, Eserc. Ace. Asp. Nat. Nap. (2) ii {Rayg. 

 Emit. Sicil), p. 137 (1840) ; Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1872, no. (3, 

 p. 47 ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 91 (1874) ; nee Gcede, Cokopt. 1833 



Leptomera, Montr. Ann. Sac. Linn. Li/on, (2) xi, p. 238 (1864). 



Costiella, Rent. Rev. d'Ent. ix, p. 241' (1890). 



Type, P. sanguineus, Costa, a Palaearctic species. 

 Distribution. Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australasian 

 Regions. 



