PHYSOBHYNCHUS. '3'2l 



connexivum usually but not always sanguineous ; abdomen uni- 

 colorous ; hemelytra abbreviated, practically absent : apices of 

 tibise and the tarsi clotlied with long ochraceous hairs ; prouotum 

 with the anterior lobe longer than the posterior, the lobes about 

 equally broad : first and second joints of antenufs subequal in 

 length. 



2 . Eesembling male in coloration ; apterous. 



Length, c? 30, 2 -8 to 35 millim. 



Hab. Assam; Nuga Hills, Khasi Hills (ChenneU). Ceylon; 

 Peradeniya (Crreen). Burma; Bhamo (i'>ff)- 



C. Female alone Icnoivn. Ilemelijtra lyracticaUii absent. 



a. First four ventral segments ceniraUi/ longitudinally impressed. 



a. Bodij elongate. 



1211. Physorhynchus malabaricus, sp. u. 



2 . Head, pronotum, legs, and body beneatli black ; abdomen 

 above purplish-brown, opaque, coarsely rugose ; abdomen beneath 

 with the disks of the third, fourth, and fifth segments dull san- 

 guineous ; anrennai reddish-brown, somewhat obsoletely or very 

 sparingly pilose, first and second joints subequal in length; anterior 

 lobe of pronotum much longer than posterior, both lobes about 

 equally broad ; apices of the scutellum very tubercnlonsly spinous 

 and directed obliquely upwards ; anterior femora strongly incras- 

 sated, \vith an ill-defined tubercle at about centre of under surface 

 first four ventral segments centrally longitudinally impressed. 



Length, 2 » 26.4 millim. 



Hab. Malabar {Coll. Dist.). 



h. Body short, broad. 



1212. Physorhynchus talpus, sp. u. 



2 . Black, opaque, thickly, finely, greyishly sericeous ; antenna) 

 with the first and second joints blat^k, subequal in length, remaining 

 joints fuscous ; anterior lobe of pronotum strongly tumidly convex, 

 with a central longitudinal linear impression, very much longer 

 than anterior lobe ; hemelytra practically absent ; abdomen short, 

 broad, tumid beneath, moderately flat above, the spiracles and a 

 discal central transverse spot at the junction of the fourth and fifth 

 segments piceous ; tibiae beneath at apices, and the under surface 

 of tarsi, ochraceously pilose ; abdomen above w4th the first and 

 second segments rugose, remaining segments thickly, finely rugu- 

 lose ; abdomen beneath with the first four segments centrallv 

 longitudinallv impressed. 



Length, 2 ■> 22 millim. 



Hab. Cachar {Coll. Dist.). 



