PIRATES. 29!) 



near base ; anterior and intermediate femora tiiberciilously spinous 

 beneath. 



Length 14g to 15 millini. 



Hab. Sind^CoZ/. Dist.). North Bengal {Campbell, Brit. Mas.). 

 Ceylon {Green). Burma ; Mandalay {Bingham). 



c. Legs blade, bases of feitiora Jlavescent . 



1168. Pirates femoralis, Walk. (Lestomerus) Cat. Het. vii, p. 92 



(1S73) : Disf. A. M. N. M. (7) x, p. 284 (1002). 

 Pirates (Le~tomevus) cruciatus, Jforv. Term. FiizefeJc. iii. p. 148, 



pi. vii, f. 5 (1879). 

 Pirates bicoloripes, Bredd. Abh. Gcs. Halle, xxiv, p. 101 (1901). 



Piceous-black ; pronotam and scutellum shining olivaceous ; 

 trochanters and femora (excluding apices) ochraceous ; antenna; 

 pilose, second joint about as long as pronotura, anterior lobe 

 striated much the same as in P. affinis but more foveatel}' 

 impressed centrally, posterior prouotal lobe much more distinctly 

 transversely rugulose ; anterior and intermediate femora tuber- 

 culously spined beneath. 



Length 16 to 20 millim. 



Hab. Burma; Bhamo, Palon {Fea). — Also found in several 

 ivslands of the Malayan Archipelago ; Celebes {von Hasselt). 

 North China {Coll. Dist.). Shanghai, Hongkong {Brit. Mus.). 



Although Walker described only the four anterior femora as 

 being " towards the base " " tawny,'" the whole of the femora are 

 reddish, varying in extent of that coloration from the base. 



d. Legs ivholhj blaelc or brown. 



1169. Pirates affinis, Serr. (Peirates) Ann. Sc. Nat. xxiii, p. 216 



(1831) ; Amy. !^- Serv. (Lestomerus) Hem. p. 323 (1843) ; 

 Bist. A. M. N. H. (7) X, p. 284 (1902). 

 Lestomerus affinis, var. P, Wall;. Cat. Het. vii, p. 91 (1873). 

 Lestomerus piceipennis, Walk. torn. cit. p. 92. 

 Var. Lestomerus diffinis, Walk. loc. cit. 



Pirates walkeri, Letli. S,- Sev. Cat. Gen. Hem. t. iii. ]>. 127 

 (1896). 



Piceous-black ; pronotum and scutellum shining olivaceous ; 

 antenna; pilose, second joint about as long as pronotum ; anterior 

 pronotal lobe strongly striate, the strise longitudinal on disk and 

 oblique on lateral areas, posterior pronotal lobe obscurely trans- 

 versely rugulose; anterior and intermediate femora somewhat 

 strongly spined beneath. 



Var. Connexivum above and beneath sanguineous. 



Length 17 to 21 millim. 



Hab. Assam; Khasi Hills (C/temje//). Bombay (Zei^A). Burma: 

 E-angoon, Teinzo, Bhamo {Fea). — Also recorded from the Malav 

 Peninsula, Cochinchina, Java, and some other islands of the 

 Malayan Archipelago. 



