POLYTOXUS. 219 



B. Pronotal lateral sjnnes about as lonr; as pronotam. 



1020. Polytoxus femoralis, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belq. xlvii, p. 53 

 (1903). 



Head and pronotura reddish-ochraceous ; posterior lobe o£ 

 pronotum with a central fuscous or subpiceous spot ; scutellum 

 piceous, its spine ochraceous ; hemelytra pale brownish-ochraceous, 

 their lateral areas ochraceous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, 

 abdomen sometimes castaneous, sublateral areas of the meso- and 

 metasterua and abdomen piceous, extreme abdominal lateral mar- 

 gins luteous ; antennae, apices of femora, extreme bases of tibia), 

 and the tarsi piceous ; apices of the lateral pronotal and scutellar 

 spines fuscous ; legs pilose, posterior femora about reaching 

 apex of abdomen; anterior pronotal lobe centrally snlcate, foveate 

 on each lateral area, the sulcation and foveatious strongly mar- 

 ginately cariuate. 



Length 10 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ( Green). 



Apparently allied to P. lonr/qyes, Stal, but differing, apart from 

 other lesser characters, by having the posterior femora not passing 

 the apex of the abdomen. 



1021. Polytoxus fuscovittatus, Stal (Saica), Free/. Ewj. Resa, Ins. 

 Hem. p. 262 (1859) ; id. (Acanthothorax) En. Hem. iv, p. 91 

 (1874). 



Head and pronotum rufescent, the last with a broad piceous 

 medial fascia ; scutellum piceous, its spine luteous with a fuscous 

 apex ; hemelytra very pale fuscous or piceous, the lateral margins 

 ochraceous ; body beneath ochraceous, with a very broad piceous 

 fascia on each lateral area of sternum and abdomen ; legs ochra- 

 ceous or brownish-ochraceous, apices of the femora piceous or 

 fuscous ; lateral pronotal spines luteous, their apices fuscous, 

 directed upward and forward, about as loug as pronotum. 



Length 7 to 8 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon (Leiuis). Burma; Bhamo (Coll. Dist.). — Philip- 

 pines {Semjicr). 



Subfamily IV. TRIBELOCEPHALIN^. 



Tribelocephalina, St I, En, Hem. iv, p. 4 (1874). 



Ocelli none ; body tomentose ; antenniferous tubercles laterally 

 prominent ; first joint of antennae incrassated ; pronotum trans- 

 verse ; membrane very large. 



A small subfamily confined to the Old World, and possessing 

 only three genera, t\\o of which are found in British India. 



