APEC'HTIA. 281 



(excluding base), lateral margins of posterior lobe, coriiuii, mem- 

 brane, connexivum, prosteruum, lateral margins of meso- and 

 nietasterna, lateral areas of abdomen beneatli, apices of the 

 femora, and under surfaces of anterior and intermediate femora 

 piceous ; tibite ferruginous ; antennre brownisb-ocbraceoiis, apical 

 joint and base and apex of second joint piceous ; base of corium 

 and clavus sanguineous. Posterior lobe of pronotum with three 

 distinct longitudinal impressions ; base of scutellum centrally 

 sulcate. 



Length 17 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon {Green, Brit. Mus.). 



1137. Sminthocoris singularis, Walk. (Reduvius) Cat. Set. vii, p. 198 

 (1873) ; Dint. (Sminthus) A. M. N. H. (7) x, p. 189 (1902). 

 Tapeinus heydeni, Bredd. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxi, p. 23 (1902). 



Piceous or black ; antennae, eyes, a small spot behind each eye, 

 corium, connexivum above and beneath, and legs luteous ; iirst 

 joint of antennae and apical area of corium biaclv ; veins and 

 apical margin to membrane luteous ; about apical third of femora, 

 a narrow fascia on under surface of anterior femora, and apices of 

 tibiae (somewhat obsoletely) black ; disks of sternum and abdomen 

 brownish-ochraceous ; central longitudinal series oF punctures to 

 posterior lobe of pronotum profound. 



Length 12 to 13| millim. 



Hab. "Hindostan " (5ri?. J/»s.). Burma; Palon, Bhamo (i^m). 

 — Malay Peninsula. Borneo (Pryer, Dohertij, S)' Slielford). 

 Sumatra {Forbes). Java, Philippines {Brit. Mus.). 



Genus APECHTIA.. 

 ApecLtia, Rent. Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. xii, p. 320 (1881). 



Type, A. mesopyrrha, Eeut. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Body ovate, depressed ; head porrect, with a distinct impression 

 in front of eyes ; rostrum with the second joint distinctly longer 

 than the first ; antennae with the first joint not passing apex of 

 head, second about three times longer than first ; pronotum very 

 strongly constricted near middle, the anterior angles tuberculously 

 prominent, a distinct central longitudinal impression, posterior 

 margin convexly rounded ; scutellum produced in a long horizontal 

 apical spine ; prosternal process sulcate, its apex compressed ; 

 anterior and intermediate femora incrassated, armed beneath with 

 a series of short tuberculous spines ; posterior tibiae slightly 

 longer than femora. Allied to SmintJiocoris, from which it diifers 

 principally by the shorter second joint of the antennae. 



1138. Apechtia mesopyrrha, Hent. Act. Soc. Sc Fenn. xii, p. 321 

 (1881). 

 Piceous, glabrous ; posterior lobe of pronotum, disk of abdomen 



