AIS'DROOLUS, 289 



or. Spongy furrow occupying more 



than half of anterior tibiie Ectomocoris, p. 291. 



U-. Spongy furrow occupying less, or 

 not more, than half of anterior 



tibise Pirates, p. 297. 



b'. Pronotum tuberculonsly granulate , . Catamiarus, p. 302. 

 B. Head long, porrect ; antennae inserted re- 

 motely from eyes; intermediate tibise 

 without a spongy furrow Sirthenea, p. 300. 



Genus ANDROCLUS. 



Androclus, Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. I860, p. 58 ; id. Han. Afr. 



iii, p 113 (1865) ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 56 (1874). 

 Subg. Dicraotropis, Mayr, Verh. z.-b. Gcs. Wien, xv, p. 438 (1865) ; 



StcV, En. Hem. iv, p. 63 (1874). 



Type, A. granulatiis., Stal. 



Distribution. Oriental Kegion, some islands of the Malayan 

 Archipelago, and South-east Africa. 



Head broad, strongly constricted behind eyes, basal collar short, 

 central lobe elevated ; antennae with the first joint very short ; 

 rostrum very thick, second joint longest ; pronotum very strongly 

 transversely constricted, lateral margins ampliate, acuminate, 

 tuberculous near anterior angles, posterior angles moderately pro- 

 minent and rounded ; abdomen a little dilated on each side ; legs 

 short, anterior femora inerassated, unarmed, anterior tibife broad, 

 distinctly flattened above, and provided with a moderately sized 

 apical spongy furrow beneath, posterior tarsi with the last joint 

 slightly shorter than preceding joint. 



1147. Androclus granulatus, Stal, A?in. >%c. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 58. 



Head, antenna?, pronotum, scutellum, and body beneath dark 



fuscous brown ; corium ochraceous, 

 speckled with brownish ; clavus (ex- 

 chidiug base) and a subclaval spot 

 adjoining apical half of clavus cas- 

 taneous-brown ; membrane greyish- 

 brown, with a large irregularly 

 shaped discal castaneous-brown spot, 

 the base ochraceous; rostrum, an- 

 terior and intermediate legs casta- 

 neous-brown, posterior legs fuscous ; 

 lateral abdominal margins ochra- 

 ceous, with more or less distinct 

 large castaneous spots ; antennae 

 pilose, first joint and base of second 

 joint castaneous, second joint a little 

 the longest, third and fourth joints 

 subequal ; pronotum granulate, anterior lobe with a distinct raised 



Androclus gramdatiis. 



