280 



BEDUVIIU.l]:. 



Body depressed ; head anteriorly conically produced, anten- 

 niferons tubercles laterally prominent; first joint of antennse not 

 reaching apex of head, second joint four or five times as long as 

 first ; rostrum with the first and second joints subequal in length ; 

 pronotum depressed, before middle transversely compressed : 

 ecutellum with the apex longly straightly produced ; ])rosternum 

 elevated, sulcate, narrowed posteriorly; mesosternum flat; inter- 

 mediate and posterior cox?e very widely separated ; anterior and 

 intei-mediate femora incrassated but unarmed, each anterior tibia 

 with a spongy furrow which occupies almost one-half of its length. 



1134. Sminthocoris fuscipennis, -S^a/ (Sminthus), En. Hem. iv, p. 68 

 (1874) ; Kirh. (Tapeiiuis) Entomol. 1902, p. 136. 



Sanguineous ; hem elytra black, 

 base of coriura sanguineous ; 

 lateral fascia) to body beneath 

 fuscous or piceous ; first joint of 

 antennse sanguineous, second and 

 remaining joints brownish-ochra- 

 ceous and pilose ; posterior lobe 

 of pronotum with three longi- 

 tudinal series of punctures — one 

 central, the others sublateral ; 

 apex of scutellum long, conical, 

 straightly produced. 



Length 15 to 17 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Khasi Hills 

 {Chennell). Burma; Karennee 

 {Fea\ 



Fig. la5. 

 Sminthocoris fitscipennis. 



1135 Sminthocoris marginellus, Dist. (Sminthus) /. A. S. B. xlviii, 

 p. 38, pi. ii, f. 1 (1879). 



Sanguineous ; head, hemelytra, lateral margins of sterninn and 

 abdomen beneath and abdominal segment black ; antennsB obscure 

 testaceous ; a sanguineous spot behind each eye and base of corium 

 narrowly of the same colour. 



Allied to S. fuscijienms, Stal, from which it differs by the very 

 much more robustly developed eyes and the narro\\er space between 

 them ; the head is slightly more elongated ; longitudnial punctures 

 to posterior lobe of pronotum more strongly defined. 



Length 17 to 18 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty). Upper Tenasserim 

 {Limhorg). 



1136. Sminthocoris greeni, Bist. (Sminthus) A. M. N. H. (7) x, 

 p. 190 (1902). 



Pale sanguineous ; head in front of eyes, eyes, area of the ocelli, 

 a small spot on each side of base, anterior lobe of pronotum 



