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REDUVIID.^. 



Distribution. Oriental and Papuan Regions. 



Body elongately ovate, moderately depressed ; basal margin of 

 the pronotum convexly rounded ; apex of the scutellum laterally, 

 spinously, elongately produced ; posterior coxae placed moderately 

 wide apart, posterior tibiae a very little longer than the femora ; 

 prosternal process sulcated and posteriorly recurved ; disk of 

 abdomen beneath flattened ; first joint of anteuna^ short, second 

 joint at least four times longer; antenniferous tubercles not 

 laterally prominent. 



A. Posterior lobe of jpronotum ivith three longitudinal series 

 of punctures. 



a. Spots to corium elongate, reddish-ochraceous or testaceous, 

 a. Legs unicoloroiis. 



1127. Velitra rubropicta, Amy. S,- Sen: (Opimis) Hem. p. .339 (1843) ; 



Stal, En. Hem. iv, p. 69 (1874) ; Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) x, p. 189 



(1902). 

 Platymeris discolor, Herr.-Schaff. Wanz. Ins. viii, p. 31, f. 805 



(1848). 

 Keduvius rivulosus, Walk. Cat. Het. \u, p. 194 (1873). 



Piceous ; corium veiy pale testaceous, base, an elongate spot 

 on each side of claval apex, and a large irregular spot not reaching 



apical angle piceous ; membrane 

 with the greater part of the 

 venation and apical margin pale 

 ochraceous ; antenna) (excluding 

 basal joint), connexivum, tibiae 

 and tarsi brownish-ochi'aceous ; 

 second and remaining joints of 

 antennae finely pilose ; pronotum 

 with the anterior lobe moderately 

 sculptured, posterior lobe with 

 three longitudinal series of punc- 

 tures, one central, the others on 

 lateral areas ; legs and rostrum 

 pilose, the last with the first joint 

 slightly shorter than the second. 

 Length IS to 20 millim. 



Hab. Sylhet (Brotvning, Brit. JIus.). Burma ; Palon, Bhamo 

 (Fea). Tenasserim ; Malewoon (Fea). — Malay Peninsula, Java, 

 and several islands of the Malayan Archipelago. 



Fig. 182. — Velitra rubropicfa. 



h. Femora pcdely anmdated. 

 1128. Velitra stigmatica, Dist. Ann. Sac. Ent. Bely. 1903, p. 59. 



Piceous ; a broad longitudinal somewhat oblique fascia to 

 corium commencing on disk a little beyond base and terminating 



