218 



REBUVIID/E, 



Scutellum short, obtuse, somewhat posteriorly rounded, armed 

 with an erect or subereet spine ; postscutelkun acutely produced, 

 its apex distinctly reflexed ; pronotum longer than broad, anterior 

 lobe subelevated, anteriorly and posteriorly on each side sub- 

 tuberculate, anteriorly perpendicularly deflected, the apical angles 

 tuberculate ; first joint of rostrum slightly passing eyes ; body 

 elongate ; eyes only slightly prominent ; anterior femora beneath 

 rigidly setose or finely spinous. 



As this is the only genus of Saicinse occurring in British India, 

 it is unnecessary to refer to the venation of the membrane for 

 characters which separate it from Neotropical genera. 



A. Pronotal lateral spines shorter than length of pronotum. 



1018. Polytoxus pallescens, Bist. 

 A. M. N. H. (7) xi, p. 257 

 (1903). 



Pale stramineous ; eyes black ; 

 legs strongly pilose ; pronotal, 

 lateral and scutellar spines with 

 their apices fuscous ; anterior 

 prosternal spines long, robust, 

 prominent ; posterior femora 

 about reaching apex of abdomen ; 

 anterior pronotal lobe somewhat 

 broadly centrally foveate, with 

 strongly carinate margins ; basal 

 joint of antennse almost as long 

 as posterior femora. 



Length 14 miUim. 



Hah. Ceylon {Green, Brit. 

 Fig. 'id-i.—Pol/jtoxus pal/cscevs. 3Ias.). 



1019. Polytoxus maculatus, Dist. Aim. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, p. 53 

 (1903). 



Pale ochraceous ; posterior pronotal lobe reddish-ochraceous, 

 with a large central piceous spot ; scutellum piceous with its 

 spine ochraceous ; hemelytra and legs pale liiteous ; a spot on 

 each lateral area of the sternal segments, sublateral area of the 

 abdomen, apices of the femora, bases and apices of the tibiae 

 (narrowly), and the tarsi black or piceous ; antennae fuscous, base 

 of first joint ochraceous ; apices of pronotal lateral and scutellar 

 spines fuscous ; legs moderately pilose, posterior femora about 

 as long as the abdomen ; anterior lobe of pronotum obscurely 

 centrally sulcate, and broadly, prominently foveate on each lateral 

 area. 



Length 12 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Karennee (Fea). 



