PASIEOPSIS. 



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Mastacocerus, Reut. Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. xii, p. 323 (1881). 

 Ceromastix, Bergv. Rev. d'Ent. xiii, p. 163 (1894). 



Type, P. hasiptera, Stal, a Palsearctic species. 



Distribidion. Palaearctic, Ethiopian, and Oriental Regions. 



Head behind e3^es somewhat prominent, narrowed at base, before 

 eyes conically produced ; autennoB with the first joint not reaching 

 apex of head, second joint about twice as long as first ; rostrum 

 with the first joint shorter than the second ; pronotum unarmed, 

 medially constricfed, posterior angles not produced ; scutellum 

 with the apex spinously laterally produced ; anterior femora 

 moderately incrassated, legs unarmed ; anterior tibite provided 

 with a spongy furrow, posterior tarsi with the first joint short, 

 second and third joints subequal. 



1079. Pasira perpusilla, Tl'alk. (Reduvius) Cat. Het. vii, p. 1.% 

 (1873) ; Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) x, p. 295 (1902). 

 Mastacocerus humeralis, Rent. Act. Soc. Sc.Fenn. xii, p. 324(1881). 



Piceous-brown ; apical area of clavus and spots to connexivum 



above and beneath luteous ; 

 first joint of antennae mode- 

 rately incrassated and not 

 reaching apex of head ; anterior 

 angles of pronotum a little 

 prominent, anterior lobe 

 slightly sculptured ; scutellum 

 foveate on disk ; membrane 

 passing abdominal apex; con- 

 nexivum prominent ; anterior 

 femora robust, apically nar- 

 rowed ; body and legs sparingly 

 and finely tomentose. 



Var. Base of corium luteous. 

 Length 6 to 6i millim. 

 Hah . 'North Bengal ( CajjipbeU, 

 Brit. 3fiis.). Burma ; Eangoon, Palon, Mandalay (Feci). 



I am under obligation to Dr. Meinert, of the Copenhagen 

 Museum, for enabling me to examine Renter's type. 



Fig. 170. — Pasira perpusilla. 



Genus PASIROPSIS. 



Pasiropsis, Reut. Act. Sue. Sc. Fenn. xii, p. 320 (1881). 



Type, P. bipustulata, Reut., from Borneo. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 



Head broad, posteriorly narrowed, before eyes obliquely de- 

 flected; rostrum witii the first and second joints subequal in 

 length ; antennae with the first joint a little incrassated, about as 

 long as from insertion to base of head, much shorter than second 

 joint ; pronotum with the anterior lobe narrow, convex, moderately 



