344 



BEDLTIID.5J 



Not exaiidned ; sectioned po^itio)t uncertain. 



1252. Sphedanolestes sordidipennis, Dolnn (IJeduvius), Stett. mt. 

 Zeit. xxi. p. 406 (l>(iO) : Strll. En. Hem. iv. p. O-", (1874). 



^' 'Sordid us' X head black, shiDing; underneath palely 'sordidns' ; 

 pronotum anteriorly red, posteriorly griseons-casraneous : scu- 

 tellum black : hemelytra ' sordida.'' apex infiiscated ; abdomen 

 beneath palely obscurely flavous ; legs black, pilose, shining, 

 femora annulated with fuscous ; antennje and rostrum fulvous, 

 shining." (DoJrrn.) 



Stal. who examined the type, writes : — " Eostrum and hemelytra 

 pale, and femora biannulated with flavous-testaceous ; pronotum 

 biannulated with flavous-testaceous, posterior lobe only slightly 

 impressed : scutellum black." 



Length 8 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



I have not seen this species. 



Division VESBIARIA. 



This small division is distinguished by the structure of the head, 

 the postocidar being nearly three times longer than the auteocular 

 area ; the eyes are inserted near the apex of the head. 



Only one genus can be included according to our present 

 knowledge of this fauna. 



Genus VESBIUS. 



Vesbuis, StSl, Hem. Afr. iii, p. -"iO (18G5) ; id. Ofi: Tet.-Ah. Fori. 

 1870, p. 684 ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 13 (1874). 



Type, V. purimreus, Thunb. 



Distribution. Oriental Kegion. 



Bodv ovately subelongate ; head with the postocular very much 



longer than the auteocular area, 

 the eyes inserted near apex ; tirst 

 and second joints of rostrum sub- 

 equal in length ; femora with the 

 apical areas nodidose ; anterior 

 tibiie much longer than the anterior 

 femora and trochanters together ; 

 scutellum subtriangular ; mem- 

 brane considerably passing the 

 abdominal apex. 



1253. Vesbius purpureus, T/anib. 

 (Cimex) Nov. Ins. Sj). iii, p. 57 

 (1784) ; id. (Reduvius) Hem. 

 Eoslr. Cap. iii, p. 4 (182:2). 

 Harpactor milthiuus, Herr.-Schiiff. 

 Wanz. Ins. viii, p. 82, f. 8-30 

 (1848). 



Fig. 210. — Vesbius fv.rpurev.s. 

 Sanguineous ;"[head (excliuling base), antennte, rostrum, tro 



