YILIUS. 



325 



pilose ill male, scarcely so iu female, first joint in male longer than 

 head, second joint a little longer than first ; rostrum with the 

 second joint much longer than first ; pronotum constricted before 

 middle, posteriorly longitudinally impressed centrally and on each 

 lateral area ; scutellum transverse, apex broadly truncate, apically 

 armed on each side with a curved spinous angulation ; legs slender, 

 anterior femora veiy slightly incrassate, anterior tibiae each provided 

 with a minute apical spongy farrow. 



1217. VilillS melanopterus, Still, Ann. Sue. But. Fr. 1860. p. 45 ; 



Dist. A. M. X. 11.(7) X, p. 292 (1902). 

 Ectriehodia insig-uis, IJ^alk. Cat. Jfet. viii, p. 48 (1873) ; Leth. 



^ Sev. (Meudis) Cat. Gen. Hem. t. iii, p. 137 (1896). 

 Ectriehodia limbifera, Walk. loc. cit. p. 49. 



S . Coral-red or reddish-testaceous ; anteunre (excluding apical 



joint), hemelytra, apices of 

 femora and bases of tibite fus- 

 cous ; base and lateral margin 

 of corium testaceous ; antennas 

 with the first and second joints 

 lougly ochraceously pilose; eyes 

 large, strongly exserted ; pos- 

 terior lobe of pronotum with 

 three longitudinal impressions 

 (one central and one on each 

 lateral area), the impressions 

 transversely rugose. 



$ . Eyes subprominent ; an- 

 tennae not pilose ; legs usually 

 almost wholly fuscous. 

 Length 17 to 22 millim. 

 Hah. Assam ; Sylhet {Brit. 

 Mus.), Khasi Hills (Cheimell). 



Burma ; Bhamo, Tharawaddy (Feci). Tenasserim ; Meetan, Thagata 



(i'^^rt),— Malay Peninsula; Perak (CoU. Dist.). 



Fig. 210. — Vilius melanopterus, J. 



1218. Vilius nigriventris, Dist. Ann. Sue. Ent. Belg. 1903, p. 63. 



Sanguineous ; antennae, hemelytra, and small spots to conuexivum 

 at incisures black ; a spot at anterior coxae, meso- and metasterna, 

 and abdomen beneath indigo-black, shining ; central discal and 

 lateral marginal spots to abdomen, sixth abdominal segment 

 and abdominal apex, basal angles, lateral margins, and broad apex 

 to corium sanguineous ; apices of tibiae and tarsi black. 



Length 15 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Puttalam \^(Jreen). 



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