.'35G REBUVIID.I. 



D. ScuteUuin luithout a prominent tubercle or spine. 



1274. Sycanus inermis, sp. n. 



Head, auteunae, rostrum, anterior lobe of pronotum, body 

 beneath, and legs black ; posterior pronotal lobe, scutellum, and 

 lienielytra dark bronzy pnrplish-brown ; dilated connexivum 

 ochraceous or sanguineous, with large transverse black spots ; 

 abdomen beneath with an obscure central ochraceous fascia ; head 

 about as long as pronotum and scutellum together ; first joint of 

 antennae about as long as anterior femora : scutellum without a 

 distinct raised tubercle or spine ; abdominal margins regularly 

 dilated, posterior angles of the second and third segments more 

 or less acute ; second, third, fourth, and fifth abdominal segments 

 distinctly tuberculously elevated on upper surface. 



Length 24 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Dunsiri Valley {Brit. Mus.). 



1275. Sycanus atrocyaneus, sp. u. 



Dark indigo-black ; dilated connexivum dull red with large 

 transverse black spots ; head about as long as pronotum and 

 scutellum together ; antenna) mutilated in specimen described ; 

 scutellum without a distinct raised tubercle or spine ; lateral 

 abdominal margins strongly dilated, posterior angles of the second 

 and third segments more or less acute, second, third, fourth, 

 and fifth segments distinctly tuberculously elevated on upper 

 surface. 



Length 20 millim. 



IJah. Burma ; Euby Mines (Doherti/). 



Species of uncertain position in the specific arrangement. 



1276. Sycanus ater, Wolff (Reduvius), Ic. Cim. Hi, p. 120, f. 114 



(1882). 



"Antennse five-jointed, setaceous, black; liead black, with 

 a long cylindrical collar, two spots behind eyes red ; rostrum 

 three-jointed, curved, piceous, intermediate joint longest, last 

 shortest; pronotum black, bilobed. anterior lobe small, subglobose, 

 smooth, shining, anteriorly on each side with a single dentation ; 

 posterior lobe subrhomboid, punctured, elevated, scabrous, angles 

 obtuse, prominent ; scutellum small, black, spine long, erect, 

 emitted before apex ; hemelytra black, shining, small ; membrane 

 resplendent fuscous ; abdomen above black, shining, lateral 

 margins prominently subangulately elevated, segments tuberculated ; 

 beneath black, margins slightly rugose, and with minute white 

 punctures in eveiy segment." 



Length (from AVolff's figure) 29 millim. 



Hah. " India orientalis " {Mns. Prof. Esper). 



