234 



REDUYIIDtE. 



small 



elongate interior vitta to corium, irregular markings to 

 membrane, femora, lateral areas 

 of sternum and abdomen, the 

 last with an inner series of small 

 elongate spots, and apical joints 

 of rostrum and antenn£e fuscous ; 

 bemelytra in female not reaching 

 the abdominal apex ; head about as 

 long as the pronotum, which has 

 a broad central siilcation, on each 

 side of which on anterior area 

 it is cariuate and finely sulcate. 



Length 164 millim. 



Hah. Tranquebar. 



I am indebted to Dr. Meinert, 

 of the Copenhagen Museum, for 

 the opportunity of examining and 

 figuring this species. 



Fig. 1 (i2. — Caiinvs farUiator. 



Genus CANTHESANCUS. 



Canthesnncus. Amy. ^^- Sow. //^-'w. p. 389 (1843) ; SfSI, Hem. Afr. 

 iii, p. 151 (186.JJ ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 85 (1874). 



Type, C. trwiaculatus, Amy. & Serv., a Javan species. 



Bistrihutiou. Oriental Eegion and China. 



Hemelytra complete; membrane and corium distinctly separated, 

 the first with a large subtriangular discoidal area ; interior area of 

 the membrane shorter than the exterior area ; scutellum with a 

 long erect spine ; rostrum with the first joint not or very little 



Caiifhcsancus gulo. 



longer than the second ; anterior lobe of the pronotum posteriorly 

 with a spine on each lateral margin ; fifth dorsal segment of the 

 abdomen with its apex truncated, its apical angles not spinous. 



