COSMOLESTES. 345 



chanters, legs, and membrane (excluding base) black ; apical third 

 of membrane hj-aline ; first joint of antenna) subequal in length 

 to anterior femora : lateral angles of the posterior pronotal lobe 

 subnodulose : legs largely pilose, the femora distintly nodulose. 



Length 7 to 8 millim. 



Hah. Assam; Khasi Hills (Co??. D/s^). Ceylon (G-'/'^c??). Burma : 

 Bhamo {Feci). — Java. Philippines, 



J 254. Vesbius sanguinosus, Stdl, En. Hem. iv, p. .36 (1874). 



Allied to the preceding species ( V. purpureus), but larger : the 

 trochanters and bases of femora sanguineous. 



Var. a. Membrane broadly sanguineous at base, its apical third 

 hyahne ; basal two-thirds of femora sanguineous. 



Yar. h. Basal area of membrane not sanguineous, its apical half 

 hyaline ; basal third of femora sanguineous. 



Length 8 to 11 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; X. Khasi Hills (CJiennen). Burma ; Bhamo, 

 Karennee (Fea). Tenasserim ; Thagata (Fea). — Malay Peninsula : 

 Perak (Coll. Dist.). Java ; Borneo. 



Division VELINAKIA. 



In this division the head is about as long as the pronotum or 

 very little shorter ; the apical areas of the femora nodulose or 

 subnodulose ; the antei'ior tibiae as long as the anterior femora 

 and trochanters together, or longer ; the lateral margins of the 

 fourth and fifth abdominal segments moderately dilated. 



Si/nopsis of Genera. 



A. Scutellinii with the apex spatulately dilated : 



lirst joint of antennfe about as long as 



anterior femora CosiiOLESTES, p. .34-'). 



B. Scutellum not spatulately dihited at apex ; 



first joint of autennse very much longer 



than anterior femora Velixi's, p. 346. 



Genus COSMOLESTES. 



Cosmolestes, StSl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1866, p. 285 note ; id. Hem. 

 Fabr. i, p. Ill (1868) : id. En. Hem. iv, p. 14 (1874). 



Type, C. pActi'.s, Klug, an African and South-east Palcearctic 

 species. 



Distrihvtion. Ethiopian, S.E. Palaearctic, and Oriental Regions. 



Body ovately subelongate ; head shorter than pronotum, post- 

 ocular much longer than auteocular portion, which is also a Little 

 shorter than first joint of rostrum ; first joint of antenna; about 

 as long as anterior femora ; pronotum with the anterior angles 

 acutely prominent, anterior lobe medially impressed, lateral angles 

 subnodulose : scutellum with the apex spatulately dilated ; femora 

 with their apical areas subnodulose ; anterior tibiae slightly longer 



