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B. Pronotiun black, aaterior lobe and posterior 

 margins sanguineous. 



1244. Sphedanolestes mendicus, >Syf?/ (Reduvius), Of v. Tet.-Ak.Forh. 



186G, p. 286; id. ( Lamphrius) En. Hem. iv, p. 39 (1874); 

 Leth. ^- Seo. (Harpactor) Cat. Gen. Hem. t. iii, p. 160 (ISyGV 



Black ; liead, anterior lobe of prouotuni, lateral and posterior 

 margins of posterior lobe of ])ronotiuu, lateral inai'gins and apex 

 of scutelhnn, sometimes whole of scutellum, connexivum above 

 and beneath, coxaj and trochanters sanguineous ; head with a 

 large spot behind eyes black. Head about as long as pronotum ; 

 first joint of rostrum slightly longer than anteocular portion of 

 head, which is subequal in length to postocular area ; pronotum 

 distinctly impressed on posterior lobe ; membrane lougly passing 

 abdominal apex. 



Yar. a. Head wholly sanguineous ; legs sanguineous, apices of 

 tibias and the tarsi piceous. 



Var. h. Head, excluding apex and under surface, black ; legs 

 black. 



Var. (". Femora sanguineous, tibiaj black. 



Length 11 to 14 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Kli;isi Hills (ChenneU). Burma; Palon. Karennee 



Bhamo(F«(). Tenasserim ; Meetan (Fea). Mergni (Coll. Disf.). 



Malay Peninsula ; Pahang (Cradock). 



C. Pronotum hicoloured, anterior lohe and posterior 

 margins black. 



1245. Sphedanolestes stigmatellus, Dist. A. JI. X. H (?) xi n -^09 



(1903). '^" 



Black ; anterior area of posterior pronotal lobe, lateral area 

 ot corium, posterior margin of prosternum. anterior coxre, and 

 disk of abdomen beneath sanguineous ; head beneath, a snot near 

 both the intermediate and posterior coxa}, abdominal margin, and 

 a snbmarginal series of large subquadrate spots very pale luteous ; 

 the abdominal margin black at incisures on posterior half and 

 the submarginal spots margined with black; greyishly pilose; 

 head about as long as pronotum ; second joint of rostrum con- 

 siderably longer than the first ; sulcation to anterior lobe of 

 pronotum profound, posterior lobe broadly and much more obscurely 

 silicate. 



Length 8 millim. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills ; Utakamand (AtJcinson, Brit. Mas.). 



1246. Sphedanolestes signatus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) xi, p. 209 



(1903). 



Black ; disk of posterior lobe of pronotum. Lateral areas of 

 prosternum, connexivum, and abdomen beneath pale creamy 



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