YCH.INUS. 357 



Division YOLINAIUA. 



lu this division the lateral margins oi: the abdomen are strongly 

 dilated and the lateral segmental areas more or less globosely 

 elevated ; head long and slender, longer than pronotum ; second 

 joint of rostrum considerably longer than the first ; pronotnm and 

 scutellum unarmed. 



Si/HOjjsis of Genera. 



A. Lateral dilated abdominal margins ])ro- 

 foundly sinuate at incisures. 



a. Second joint of rostrum about half as 



long again as first ; anteocular portion 

 of head distiuctl}' shorter tlian post- 

 ocular portion i'OLiNus, p. 357. 



b. Second joint of rostrum about twice as 



long as first ; anteocular and post- 

 ocular portion of head subequal in 



length Agriolestes, p. 3oS. 



V>. Lateral dilated abdominal margins (mly 



slightly sinuate at incisures Agriosphodrus. p. 359. 



Genns YOLINUS. 



Yolinus, Am)/. ^- Serv. Hem. p. 358 (184-">) ; Dulirii, Stctt. enf. Zeit. 

 XX, pp. 93 & 94 (1859) ; SfM, Hem. Afr. iii, p. 52 (1865) ; En. 

 Hem. iv, p. 11 (1874). 



Type, Y. siifflatus, Amy. & Serv., a Javan species. 



DistrUmtioH. Oriental Region. 



Ovate or subovate, the lateral abdominal margins verv strongly 



dilated, profoundly sinuated at incisures, and globosely elevated ; 



head long, slender, almost as long as pronotum and scutellum 



together ; rostrum with the 

 second joint nearly half as 

 long again as first, which is 

 longer than the anteocular 

 portion of head ; anteocular 

 distinctly shorter than post- 

 ocular portion, first joint of 

 antennse subequal in length 

 to that of head ; scutellum 

 with the apex obtuse, rounded ; 

 femora nodulose. 



1277. Yolinus coiispicuus, 

 Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) xi, 

 p. 212 (1903). 



Black ; connexivum with 



the fifth and sixth segments 



bright ochraceous ; disk of 



abdomen beneath dull sau- 



basal joint bianuulated with 



2b2 



Fig. 225. — Yolinus consjiicuus. 

 guineous ; antenna) with the 



