312 EEDUVIID.^. 



Geuus MENDIS. 



Mendis, St?d, Ofv. Vet-Ak. Fork. 1859, pp. 175 & ISO; id. En. Hem. 

 iv, p. 46 (1874). 



Type, M. semimfits, Stul, a Malayan species. 



Dixtrihiitioa. Oriental Region and China. 



Head oval, behind eyes distinctly narrowed, collar short ; 

 antenna) seven-jointed, tirst joint about as long as head and passing 

 its apex ; rostrum with the first and second joints subequal in 

 length ; pronotum transversely constricted before middle, and 

 longitudinally impre-^sed centrally and on each posterior lateral 

 area; scutellum a little narroued ])osteriorly, subtransverse, apical 

 spinous angles situate widely apart ; hemelytra about equal in 

 length to abdomen; metasterinuu with four carinse; ventral 

 incisures rugose ; legs slender, anterior femora slightly incrassated 

 and unarmed, anterior tibiae provided with a short apical spongy 

 furrow. 



1102. Mendis bicolor, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Behj. 190.3, p. 62. 



Sanguineous ; antennae, apical mai'- 

 gins of head, eyes, ocelli, hemelytra, 

 apical margin of abdomen above, 

 meso- and metasterna, legs and apex 

 of abdomen black : body elongate, 

 slender ; hemelytra not quite reach- 

 ing apex of abdomen ; tarsi ochraceous ; 

 abdominal nicisures transversely 

 rugose. 



Length 11 millim. 

 -Mcndhhkolor. Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya ( (?ree7i). 



1193. Mendis nigripennis, Fahv. (Reduviiis) Ent. Si/st iv, p. 196 

 (1794); id. Si/sf. lilipi(/.i\ 209 (1803); StSI, Hem. Fabr. i. 

 p. 117 (1868). 

 Mendis sanguinaria, Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Alc. Forh. 1866, p. 301. 



Coral-red, shining; hemelytra opaquely, lateral spots to pro-, 

 meso- and metasternn, apex of abdomen, and apices of tibiae black ; 

 exterior margin of corium (its apex dilated) coral-red, shining; 

 lateral max'gins of corium dilated at apices, apical margins of the 

 segments to upper surface of abdomen, subtriangular marginal 

 spots, vitta anteriorly narrowed and interrupted at incisures, and 

 sixth abdominal segment coral-red ; connexivum at apices of seg- 

 ments narrowly fasciated with black ; antenntc black, basal joint 

 coral-red, its apex fuscous ; tarsi fuscous. 



Length 13 to lo^ millim. 



Hub. " India orien talis " {fide Stul). 



1 have not seen this species. 



