324 



REDUVII]),!". 



anteocular very much longer than postoeulav area, before eyes 

 somewhat obliquely depressed on each side, vertex tumid ; antennae 

 with the first joint subequal in leni^th to head, but longly passing 

 its apex, second joint longer than first ; rostrum short, very thick, 

 second joint thicker and slightly longer than first ; pronotum 

 transversely impressed near base, tumid, its lateral margins convex, 

 and with a central discal linear longitudinal impression ; abdomen 

 above levigate not rugose, convexly tumid but prominently depressed 

 at base, fifth and sixth segments longest, beneath globose with 

 the first four segments medially faintly longitudinally impressed ; 

 prosternura medially longitudinally sulcate ; mesosternum not 

 sulcated, but with an obscure, medial, ovate, transversely rugulose 

 impression ; anterior and intermediate femora strongly incrassate, 

 intermediate femora with two promitient dentate tubercles beneath ; 

 anterior and intermediate tibia3 each A\ith a somewhat long spongy 

 furrow beneath. 



1216. Eriximachus globosus, sp. n. 



2 • Head, pronotum, presternum, legs, antennaj, and rostrum 



piceous-black, opaque ; abdo- 

 men above brownish-piceous; 

 connexivum, abdomrn be- 

 neath, meso- and metasterna, 

 and apices of the tibise beneath 

 brownish - testaceous ; first 

 and second joints of antenuie 

 almost equal in length, ante- 

 rior lobe of pronotum globose, 

 its disk centrally, longitu- 

 dinally, linearly impressed, 

 much longer than posterior 

 lobe ; abdomen tumid above, 

 globose beneath, above levi- 

 gate, not rugose ; hemelytra 

 practically absent. 



Var. Central area of 

 anterior and intermediate tibiae pale castaneous. 



Length, $ , 22 to 26 millim. 



Bab. Utakamand {Indian Mus.). Calcutta {Coll. Dist.). 



Fig. 20'J. — Eriximachus c/lohosu 



Genus VILIUS. 



Vilius, Stdl, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 18G3, p. 45 ; En. Hem. iv, p. 45 



(1874). 



Type, V. melanopterus, Stal. 

 Distribution. Oriental liegion. 



Head large, broad, the region of the ocelli tumidly elevated, eyes 

 very prominent in male, less so in female ; antennae four-jointed, 



