NARSETES. 340 



1259. Homalosphodrus brachialis, Stdl (Parsialus), Ann. Soc. Ent. 



Fr. lS6o, p. .j4. 



Black, impunctate, f uscously pilose ; iuterinediate and posterior 

 femora with a pale stramineous annulatioii beyond middle ; apices 

 of intermediate and posterior tibia; pale ochraceous ; abdomen 

 sanguineous; connexivum (excluding apex) black witli pale stramin- 

 eous spots above and beneath ; anterior lobe of pronotum centrally 

 impressed ; apex of membrane fuscous-brown, some\A bat longly 

 passing abdominal apex ; legs longly pilose : basal areas of tibiie 

 a little incrassated. 



Var. Legs unicolorous ; only posterior femora obscurely annu- 

 lated. 



Length 17 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; East Garo Hills (C'hennell). Burma (Coll. Dlsf.). — 

 Philipphie Islands (Brit. Mas.). 



1260. Homalosphodrus depressus, Stal (Parsialus), Ann. Soc Enf. 



Fi . i^iio, p. o4. 



Black, impunctate, fuscously pilose ; connexivum pale stramin- 

 eous, with large black spots above and beneath ; sixth and anal 

 abdominal segments sanguineous ; hemelytra slightly tinted with 

 violaceous; tibiae slightly incrassated at base; anterior pronotal 

 lobe centrally impressed ; lateral pronotal margins oblique ; pos- 

 terior femora with a pale stramineous aunulation beyond middle ; 

 legs longly pilose ; abdominal margins dilated and slightly sinuate ; 

 apical areas of the tibiuj, especially the intermediate and posterior 

 tibise, fuscous. 



Length IS to 20 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; East G;iro Hills {Chennell). 



It is probable that this and the preceding species may ultimately 

 prove to be conspecitic. 



Genus NARSETES. 

 Narsetes, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) xi, p. 3o8 (1903). 



Type, N. long'iHus, Dist. 



Distribution. Oriental Kegion. 



Head long, about as long as the pronotum and scutellum 

 together, postocular portion a little longer than the ante-ocular ; 

 rostrum with the second joint very long, about twice as long 

 as first : body depressed, flat ; pronotum transversely con- 

 stricted before middle, anterior lobe centrally sulcate, anterior 

 angles obsciu-ely tuberculous, posterior lobe entire, lateral angles 

 obscurely angulate, but not prominent, posterior margin very 

 slightly sinuate, nearly straight ; scutellum unarmed ; hen) elytra 

 about reaching the apex of the abdomen, membrane nearly twice 

 as long as corium ; abdomen on each side moderately dilated and 

 compressed ; legs long, tibiae about as long as femora, posterior 



