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1045. Canthesancus gulo, Stdl, Ann. Soc Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 44. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum griseous-ochraceous ; hemelytra 

 brownish-ochraceoLis ; a central black line to head continued 

 through pronotum ; pronotal spines fuscous ; basal half of clavus, 

 and three irregular spots to hemelytra — the tirst smallest and 

 subbasal, the second large and transverse at junction of corium 

 and membrane, the third on disk of membrane — pale castaneous ; 

 the hemelytra are finely mottled with brown excepting at basal 

 angle of corium, apical areas of femora and apices of tibifc 

 fuscous ; antenna) black, bases of first and second joints pale 

 ochraeeous, first joint about as long as pronotum and scutellum 

 together. 



Length 27 to 29 ; breadth between pronotal angles 7 millim. 



Hah. Sikhim. Assam ; Margberita {Dolierty). Burma ; Ran- 

 goon {Feci). — Malay Peninsula. 



1046. Canthesancus helluo, SUll, Ann. Soc Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 44. 



Somewhat closely allied to C. r/ulo, but first joint of antennae a 

 little longer than pronotum and scutellum together ; tibiae with 

 the bases and apices fuscous, the anterior and intermediate tibia? 

 with two or more less distinct medial annulations, and the pos- 

 terior tibiae with a single subbasal annulation, fuscous ; rostrum 

 pale ochraeeous, with its apex fuscous. 



Length 25 to 28 ; breadtli between pronotal angles 7i millim. 



JJab. JNTilgiri Hills {Hampson). Ceylon {Brit. Mus.). — Borneo 

 (Shi'lford). 



Li the specimen from the Xilgiri Hills the bases of the tibia? 

 are not fuscous. 



1047. Canthesancus picticollis, Stdl, En. Hem. iv, p. 89 (1874). 



Described by Stfil as differing from the two preceding species, 

 to which it is much allied, by having the antennae pale ochraeeous, 

 the apex of the first joint black, the apices of the pronotal and 

 scutellar spines pallescent ; posterior pronotal lobe black, with 

 four testaceous vittae, the two lateral anteriorly confluent. 



Length, $ , 27 ; breadth 5 millim. 



Hah. "India orientalis " {Stockholm 3Ius.). 



Genus THODELMUS. 



Tholdelmus, Stdl, O'fv. Ve/.-Ak. For/i. 1859, p. 377 : id. Hem. Afr. 

 iii, p. 150 ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 85 (1874). 



Type, T.falUni, tStal. 



Distribution. Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australasian Regions. 



Thodelmus differs from the preceding genus {Canthesancus), to 



