ECTRYCIIOTES. 317 



segments black ; abdomen beneath with the sixth and anal segments 

 and generally with incisiiral segmental fascije violaceous-black. 

 In some specimens tlie connexivnm is ochraceons, not coral-red. 



Length 11 to 12 millim. 



Hah. Tranquebar. Burma ; Eaugoou, Palon, Bhamo. Toungoo 

 (i^crt).— Malay Peninsula ; Perak {CoU. Dist.). 



1202. Ectrychotes abbreviatus, Rent. Ad. Soc. Sc. Fcnn. xii, p. 30;j 



(1S81). 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum brassy-black : autenmc and 

 rostrum black ; sternum and legs violaceous-black ; trochanters 

 and bases of femora coral-red ; anterior femora with an anterior 

 vitta near apex, and the anterior tibia; anteriorly and beyond 

 middle, dull ochraceons ; hemelytra black, opaque ; base of clavns 

 and corium, lateral margins of corium either wholly or abbreviated, 

 coral-red ; 'abdomen coral-red, the last tw:o dorsal segments black 

 and densely punctate, opaque ; connexivnm coral-red ; abdomen 

 beneath with the apex, lateral segmental areas, and sometimes 

 with segmental sutural fascia) violaceous-black. In the female tlie 

 hemelytra are abbreviated and do not pass the penultimate segment. 



Length 10 to 11^1 millim. 



Hah. Calcutta {Coll. Dist.). 



b. Pronotum coral-red. 



1203. Ectrychotes atripennis, StSi (Lorymua), Ofc. Vi-f.-AL-. Fdrh. 



1866, p. 302 ; Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) x, p. 291 (1902). 

 Ectrichodia ophirica, Walk. Cat. Het. viii, p. 51 (187-3). 

 Scadra ophirica, Leth. S)- Sev. Cat. Gcii.Hem. t. iii, p. 133 (1896). 

 Ectrychotes atripennis, yav.,Dist. A. M. N. H. (5) xi, p. 170 (1883). 



Coral-red, shining ; antennas becoming fuscous towards apex, in 

 some varieties fuscous with the base alone red ; hemelytra (ex- 

 cluding base and a marginal line from base to middle), three large 

 lateral segmental spots to sternum, and a lateral fascia to abdomen 

 beneath (neither reaching base nor apex) black. In one variety 

 examined the segmental sutures and anal segment are also black. 



Length 11 to 12 millim. 



Hah. Mergui {Anderson). Tenasserim {Coll. Dist.). — Malacca, 

 Borneo {Brit. Mas.). 



1204. Ectrychotes COmottoi, Leth. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii, p. 619 



(1883). 



Coral-red ; antenna) (excluding basal joint), the whole inner 

 area of corium (excluding base, lateral margin, and apex), membrane, 

 meso- and metasterna, central transverse segmental fasciae in cJ . 

 and iucisural segmental fascia) in $ black. In the 5 the apical and 

 anal segments are black and the hemelytra do not reach the apex 

 of the abdomen. 



Length 12 to 13 millim. 



