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REDUVIIDiE. 



Length 13i to 14| milliiu. 

 Ilah. North Bengal (Camjibell). 



Pyfjolariiiiis concolor, Walk. Cat. Het. viii, p. 37 (1873). 



The type of this species is not now to be found, and witli- 

 out the types Walker's descriptions are as a rule undeterminable. 

 Moreover, he may have placed this species as a synonym of some 

 other, without comment. 



Genus SASTRAPADA. 



Sastrapada, part.,^?«?/. t^- aSWt. Hem. p. 3<S8 (1843): Stal, Hem. Afr. 



iii, p. 152 (I860) : 'id. En. Hem. iv, p. 84 (1874).' 

 Harpagochares, Stal, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1858, p. 258. 

 Ctenocnemis, Fieb. Eur. Hem. pp. 41 & 150 (18G1). 



Type, S.fiuva, Amy. & Serv,, from Java. 



Distribution. Palsearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australasian 

 Regions. 



Body elongate, narrowed anteriorly : head elongate, cylindrical, 

 anteocular longer than the postocidar portion, finely spinous 

 underneath on each side behind eyes, which are rounded and semi- 

 globose ; antenija) short, first joint subequal to or shorter than head ; 

 rostrum with the first joint equal to, but not longer than, the two 

 apical joints together ; pronotum about twice as long as broad, 

 broadest at base ; scutellum acutely triangular ; prosternum an- 

 teriorly spined on each side; legs moderate in length, anterior 

 femora moderately incrassated, with two series of small spines 

 beneath, anterior tibise shorter than anterior femora and imarmed. 



1027. Sastrapada Ijaerensprungi, Stdl (Harpao-ochares), Ofv. Vet.- 



AJc. For/t. 1859, p. 381 ; Dist. 



A. 31. N. H. (7) X, p. 177 



(1902). 

 Sastrapada femorata, Costa, 



Addit. p. 12, t. ii, f. 2 



(1860). 

 Ctenocnemis flavescens, Fieb. 



Eur. Hem. p. 150 (1861). 

 Sastrapada incerta, Sigti. Ann. 



Soc. Ent. Fr. 1860, p. 968; 



Stdl, Hem. Afr. iii, p. 152 



(1865). 

 Sastrapada bipimctata, Wcdk. 



Cat. Het. viii, p. 28 (1873). 

 Pvp:ola.iiipis innotata. Walk. 



\'at. Het. viii, p. 36 (1873). 



Pale ochraceous ; a small 

 discoidal spot to hemelytra 

 and minute lateral abdominal 

 spots black ; anterior coxae, 

 some mottlings or suffusions 

 to anterior femora, apex and sometimes subbasal anuulation to 



Fig. 158. — iiuiftrapada hcurcnspriivgi. 



