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EEDUVILD.5. 



Genus RHAPHIDOSOMA. 



Rhaphidosorua, A^ny. %■ Serv. Hetn. p. o9i> (1843) ; Stdl, Hem. Afr. 

 iii, pp. .54, 97 (1865) ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 14 (1874). 



Type, B. majns. Germ., a South-African species. 



DistrUmtion. Ethiopian and Oriental Eegions. 



Body linear, very elongate, apterous ; head elongate, cylindrical, 

 its apex shortly or obsoletely porrectly spined ; eyes small, ocelli 

 absent ; rostrum slender, first and third joints short, the second 

 about five times longer than the first ; antennae much shorter than 

 the body, first joint a little, sometimes much, longer than the head ; 

 pronotum not extended above the mesonotum ; scutellum neither 

 elevated nor distinct ; legs long, slender, the anterior legs inserted 

 on disk of prosternum. 



1223. Rhaphidosoma atkinsoni, Berf/r. Ent. Mont/i. Mar/. 1893, p. 63. 



Above obscure fuscous, with a narrow, lateral, pale ochraceous 



fascia on each side extending 

 from apex of pronotum to ab- 

 dominal apex, interrupted at the 

 bases of the abdominal segments ; 

 body beneath v^ery pale ochra- 

 ceous, abdomen with a fuscous 

 central longitudinal line, A^hich is 

 obsolete on the two basal seg- 

 ments ; first joint of antennae about 

 as long as from eyes to base of 

 thorax ; apex of head unarmed or 

 very obsoletely spinous, distinctly 

 moderately tumid behind eyes ; 

 pronotum distinctly convexly 

 tumid, a little shorter than meso- 

 notum, and slightly longer than 

 metanotum. 



Length 25 millim. 



Hah. Trevandrum {Atkinson). 

 Ceylon {Green). 



'IIA. — Rhaphklusoma 

 aik 17180711. 



1224. Rhaphidosoma tuberculatum, sp. u. 



Pale greyish, tibiae and last two joints of antennae pale ochraceous ; 

 a marginal series of small tubercles on each side of thorax above, a 

 number of small discal tubercles to pronotum, black ; two prominent 

 tubercles at posterior margins of third, fourth, fifth, and sixth 

 abdominal segments fuscous ; apex of head distinctly porrectly 

 spinous ; first joint of antennaB about as long as from eyes to base 

 of thorax ; head very strongly impressed between eyes and dis- 

 tinctly tumid behind eyes ; pronotum convexly tumid, its anterior 

 angles spinously produced. 



Length 23 millim. 



Hab. Baluchistan {Chghorn). 



