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REDUVI1D.1;. 



Length, $ , S millim. 

 Hah. Ceylou {Brit. Mtis.). 



Beyond the type iu the British Museum, I have not seen 

 another specimen. 



Genus AUDERNACUS, nov. 



Type, A. ntropictus, Dist. 



Distribution. Burma ; Tenasserim ; Andaman Islands. 

 Head long, about as long as anterior femora, anteocular -slightly 

 shorter than postocular portion, strongly constricted behind eyes, 

 about halfway fi'om eyes to base it is moderately tumid and then 

 narrowed into a cylindrical collar ; antennae eight -jointed, inserted 

 at less than halfway between eyes and apex, first joint very much 

 shorter than head but considerably passing its apex ; rostrum 

 with the first joint longer than remaiuing joints together. Pro- 

 notum with the anterior lobe very much shorter and }mrrower 

 than the posterior lobe, tumid, and profoundly centrally sulcate ; 

 posterior lobe with three longitudinal impressions, one central, 

 aud one on each lateral area, the last profound and giving the 



lateral angles a nodulose appear- 

 ance. Scutellura scarcely nar- 

 rowed posteriorly, the apical 

 angulations wide apart ; abdomen 

 moderately dilated on each side ; 

 legs slender, anterior femora 

 scarcely thickened and unarmed. 



117!'. Audernacus atropictus, 

 Dist. (Santosia) Ann. Soc. JEnt. 

 Belfj. 190;J, p. 62. 



Sanguineous ; corium (exclud- 

 ing lateral margins, apex, and 

 veuis) fuscous ; membrane black ; 

 antennae becoming fuscous to- 

 wards apex ; anterior angles of 

 pronotum moderately tuberculous; 

 pronotum with both lobes centrally sulcate, posterior lobe sulcate 

 on each lateral area and foveate near each lateral angle ; con- 

 nexivum broad ; head longer than the pronotum. 

 Length V2 millim. 

 Hah. Burma ; Karennee {Fea). Tenasserim ; Plapoo {Fea). 



1180. Audernacus andamanensis, sp. n. 



Coral-red ; corium reddish-testaceous, clavus and a subclaval 

 streak to corium ochraceous ; membrane black, its basal margin 



Fig. 199. 



Au'.hrnaciis atropict us. 



