288 KEDrA'iiD.E. ■ 



species of doubtful generic jjosition. 

 1146. Cerilocus discolor, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxii, p. 146 (1861). 



" Fuscous-piceoLis, shining ; corinm sanguineous, apical and 

 costal margins, base narrowly, and membrane black ; apex of 

 scutellum spinously produced ; anterior femora beneath with 

 numerous small spines disposed in double series ; disk of abdomen 

 beneath palely coloured." {Stal.) 



Length 10 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



The type was described as in Dobrn's collection, and Stal in 

 his subsequent 'Enumeratio Hemipf'erorum ' placed his species 

 in '■'■Species Incerti generis." It is probably to be collated near 

 ParaJemnts and Gerhelius. I have not yet seen a specimen. 



Subfamily VIII. PIRATIN^E. 



Piratina, Stal, En. Hem. iv, p. 4 (1874). 



The pronotal characters of the Piratinte are very apparent ; 

 the transverse constriction is situated behind the middle, and the 

 whole pronotum is of a more or less elongate character ; the 

 scutellum, as in the previous subfamilies, is triangular or sub- 

 triangular, its apex acuminate, or spinously produced. 



A few species belonging to this subfamily have been observed 

 in the act of stridulation, which is doubtless a much more common 

 accomplishment than is generally understood. Pield entomologists 

 might ^^ ith advantage investigate this question. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Head of moderate length ; antemiae inserted 

 near, or not remote from, eyes ; inter- 

 mediate tibipe generally provided with a 

 spongy furrow. 



a. Anterior tibiss ampliated and incrassated; 



lateral angles of posterior lobe of pro- 

 notum ampliated and rounded Vndroclus, p. 289. 



b. Anterior tibije normal, not ampliated and 



incrassated ; lateral angles of posterior 

 lobe of pronotum obtusely prominent, not 

 ampliately rounded. 



a. Anterior femora compressed and ampli- 



ated beneath ; anterior tibiie provided 

 only with a very short or extreme 

 apical spongy furrow Phalantus, p. 290. 



b. Anterior femora neither compressed nor 



ampliated beneath : anterior tibite pro- 

 vided with a well-developed spongy 

 farrow. 

 (i . Pronotum smooth, or with posterior 

 lohe finely granulate. 



