PIRATES. 297 



ochraceoLis ; apical joint ot rostrum and spots to connexivum 

 above and beneath pale obscure piceous ; head a little shorter 

 than anterior lobe of pronotum ; antennae absent in typical 

 specimen ; in the female the anterior pronotal lobe nearly four 

 times the length of posterior tibiae ; hemelytra only reaching the 

 base of the fifth abdominal segment ; spongy furrow to anterior 

 tibiae occupying the greater part of their under surface. 



Length 12 millim. 



Hah. Banks of the Ganges, 



I am indebted to Dr. Bergroth for an opportunity of examining 

 this species. 



Genus PIRATES. 



Peirates, Serv. A^in. S'c. Xat. xxiii, p. 215 (1831) ; Lap. Kss. pp. 6, 9, 

 & 78 (1832). 



Pirates, Bunn. (part.) JIandb. ii, pp. 222 & 239 (1835); Amy. 

 A- Sen: Kem. p. 324 (18-1:3) ; Stctl, Ofc. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1866, 

 p. 250 ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 56 (1874). 



Sabg. Fusius, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii, p. 458 (1862). 



Subg'. Microsandalus, Brachysandalus, Cleptocoris, Stdl, Of v. Vet.- 

 Ak. Fork. 1866, pp. 250, 251. 



Subg. Spilodermus, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 122 (1868). 



Lestomerus, Ami/. ^- Serv. Hem. p. 322 (1848). 



Type, P. hyliridus, Scop., a Palaearctic species. 



Distribution. Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australasian 

 Regions. 



This genus possesses all the general characters of Ectomocoris, 

 and is distinguished from it by the spongy furrow of each anterior 

 tibia not occupying more than half its length. 



A. Anterior femora minutehj tuberculoitshf sjrlnose heneath. 



a, Lcijs ivliolly Jlavescent. 



a. Hemelytra unspotted. 



1165, Pirates flavipes, Walk. (Lestomerus) Cat. Het. vii, p. 93 (1873) ; 

 Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) X, p. 287 (1902). 



Head, scutellum, hemelytra, and body beneath purphsh-black ; 

 anterior lobe of pronotum, lateral margins of scutellum, and sub- 

 marginal longitudinal vein to corium olivaceous-green ; posterior 

 lobe to pronotum pur])lish-bronzy ; first joint of antennae, rostrum 

 (excluding base), and legs luteous ; extreme apices of anterior and 

 intermediate tibiae piceous ; second joint of antennae as long as 

 ])ronotum ; anterior and intermediate femora tuberculously spinous 

 beneath : apex of membrane fuliginous. 



Length 17 millim. 



Hah. " North India" {Brit. J\Ius.). Kangra Valley {Dudgeon). 

 Bengal ; Berhampur {Atlcinson). 



Mr. Dudgeon sent a specimen of this species, taken in the 



