358 



KEDI'VIID-E. 



ochraceous ; posterior femora narrowly and obscurely annulated 

 with fuscous a little before apex. 



Allied to Y. haro, Stal, from Cambodia (type in Brit. Mus.), but 

 with the pronotum broader and its posterior angles not sub- 

 nodulose ; connexivum much more widely dilated ; body and legs 

 distinctly greyishly pilose. 



Length, 5 , 24 millim. : greatest breadth of abdomen 13 millivn. 



Ilab. Tavoy (Athinmi, Brit. 3Tv.s.). 



Genus AGRIOLESTES. 



Agriolestes, StSi, Of v. Tet.-Ak. Forh. 1866, p. 280 : En. Hem. iv. 

 p. 11 (1874). 



Type, A. ineptus, 8tfil, a Siamese species. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 



Head elongate, almost as long as pronotum and scutellum 

 together, postocular only slightly longer than anteoeular portion ; 

 rostrum with the second joint about twice as long as first, which 

 is a Httle longer than anteoeular portion of head ; pronotum trans- 

 versely constricted, unarmed ; scutellum transverse, posteriorly 

 rounded ; hemelytra passing the abdominal apex ; abdomen on 

 each side strongly dilated, the segmental marginal areas rounded ; 

 legs of moderate leuirth, anterior femora a little incrassated. 



Fig. 227. — Agriolesfes 

 qnclanopierus. 



127^. Agriolestes melanopterus, 

 Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) xi, p. 359 



(1903). 



Black, shining; basal joint of 

 rostrum, head beneath and lateral 

 margins in front of eyes, an- 

 terior lobe of pronotum (except- 

 ing black reticulate markings), 

 subapical annulatiou to femora, 

 underside of basal half of anterior 

 femora, coxa?, trochanters, apex 

 of abdomen, and the last two 

 segments of connexivum ochra- 

 ceous or reddish -ochraceous ; 

 body and legs pilose ; first joint 

 of antenna? about as long as head, 

 the ante- and postocular portions 

 of which are about equal in 

 length ; abdomen ou each side 

 moderately and some\\ hat lobately 

 dilated. 



Length 28 millim. 



Hah. Upper Burma {Bi^igham, Brit. Mvs.). 



