302 



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tibiae occupyiDg but little more than a third part of their under 

 surface. 



Length 9 to 10^ millim. 



Hah. Bombay; Khandala (2)/A'on). Ceylon {Green). Burma; 

 Bhamo, Katha {Fea). — Also recorded from Java and Borneo. 



Lethierry and Severin (Cat. Gen. Hem. t. iii. p. 126) have 

 included Pirates sinicus, Walk, {tinicus misprint) Cat. Het. vii, 

 p. 121 (1873), as a variety of this species. The type of Walker's 

 species is, however, missing, and is therefore better ignored. 



Lestomerus formicarim, Walk. Cat. Het. vii, p. 94 (1873). 



The type of this species, described from Burma, is not now to 

 be found in the British Museum. It must therefore, owing to the 

 unreliability of Walker's descriptions, be treated as non-existent. 



Genus CATAMIARUS. 



Catamiarus, Amy. S)- Serv. Hem. p. 323 (1843) ; Stal, Hem. Afr. iii, 

 p. 113 (I860). J 



Type. C. hrevipennis, Serv. 

 fJistributiun. Oriental and Ethiopian Regions. 

 Body broad, robust ; pronotum tuberculously granulate, the 

 granulations on anterior lobe being in longitudinal series on disk 

 and in oblique series on lateral areas ; head with the anteocular 

 considerably longer than the postocular area, more or less trans- 

 versely impressed behind eyes ; anteiuja; pilose, first and second 

 joints moderately robust; rostrum stout, second joint much longer 

 than first ; pronotum with the anterior angles tuberculously 



prominent, transversely con - 

 stricted at about one-third from 

 base, lateral angles subpromi- 

 nent ; lateral margins of the 

 abdomen dilated ; apex of scu- 

 tellum robustly elongated ; each 

 anterior tibia provided apically 

 with a spongy furrow, \\'hich 

 is not much more than a third 

 of its length. 



1176. Catamiarus brevipennis, 



Serv. (Peirates) A7in. tSc. Nat. 

 xxiii, p. 217 (1831) ; Amy. ^- Serv. 

 Hem. p. 323 (1843). 



Black ; a lai'ge, somewhat 

 rounded spot on coriura ad- 

 joining apex of clavus, and a very large transverse discal spot to 

 membrane ochraceous ; head with the lateral margins hirsute ; 



Fig. 19G. — Catamiarus brevipennis. 



