308 liEDUVIID.E. 



Genus SCADRA. 



Scadra, St&l, Ofo. Vet.-Ak. Fdrh. 1859, pp. 17G & 182 ; id. En. Hem. 

 iv, p. 48 (1874). 



Type, S. lanius, Stal, a Malayan species. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 



Head ovate, behind eyes a little naiTOwed, collai* short ; antenna) 

 eigbt-jointed, basal joint slightly shorter than head but longly 

 passing its apex ; pronotum before middle transversely constricted, 

 the impression rugose, posterior lobe obsoletely rugulose ; scu- 

 tellum laterally narrowed, the apical spinous angles a little directed 

 inwardly ; legs slender, anterior femora moderately incrassated, 

 unarmed, anterior tibia? provided with a short apical spongy furrow ; 

 posterior tarsi with the third joint longest ; rostrum with the 

 basal joint about as long as remaining joints together. 



A. NeitJier antenncB nor tihice annulated. 

 1182, Scadra fascicrus, St8,l, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fih-h. 1859, p. 183. ' 



Rufous-testaceous ; antenuje, a large spot on interior area of 

 corium, membrane, three segmental spots to the ventral segments 

 (one medial and one near each lateral margin), and the tibia? black 

 or piceous ; tarsi ochraceous, apical joint fuscous. 



Fig. 201. —Scadra f/iscicnis. 



Var. a. Posterior lobe of pronotum with two piceous spots. 

 Var. b. Resembling var. n, but without the central series of 

 ventral spots. 



Length IQi to 13i millim. 



Bab. Ceylon {Green, Brit. 3Ius.). Burma; Bhamo (Fea). 



