ALOMENA. 3(39 



lateral angles spinously produced ; abdomen and corium strongly 

 concavely constricted at centre. 



Length lig milliui. 



llah. Burma ; Karennee. 



1295. Endochiis atrispinus, SW, Anu. Soc. Eni. Fr. 1803, p. l^c. 



Pale greyish-stramineous ; legs oehraceous ; an elongate central 

 spot to anteocnlar jiortion of head, anterior tubercles, two small 

 lateral spots and a central basal spot to anterior pronotal lobe, 

 lateral spines to posterior lobe, basal spot to scutellum, lateral 

 margins of prosteruum, a lateral spot to mesosternum, stigmatal 

 spots, and a broken submarginal linear fascia to abdomen beneatli 

 black; inner vein to corinm fuscous ; head about as long as pro- 

 notum, a short strong spine behind the base of each antenna ; 

 anterior pronotal lobe fo\eately impressed at base, posterior lobe 

 with the disk lumrmed. lateral spines horizontally and a little 

 upwardly produced, first joint of antennte as long as posterior 

 femora. 



Length '22 millim. 



Hah. l-n([iii {ArcM. Cleric, Brit. Mas.). — Sumatra (Br!t. Mks.). 



1296. Endochus inornatus, Sfal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fiirli. ]8(i0, p. i>ro. 

 Var., Rent. Act. .'Soc. <SV. Feii/i. xii, p. I'Bl (1S81). 



Dark cinnamon-brown ; posterior femora (apex excepted) and 

 posterior tibia? (base excepted) pale luteous ; antennae rufescent, 

 third and fourth joints fuscous, apex of second joint luteous ; head 

 about as long as pronotum, a short spine behind each antenna, 

 first joint of antennte subequal in length to posterior femora; 

 ajiterior pronotal lobe longitudinally impressed, posterior lobe 

 finely rugulose, between the lateral spines transversely ridged, 

 spines horizontally produced. 



Length 20 to 21 millim. 



Hab. " North India " (Brit. Mus.). 



Genus ALCMENA. 



Alcmena, Stal, Ofo. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1859, pp. 195 & o70; id. Stett. 



ent. Zeit. xxii, p. 129 (1881) ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 10 (1874). 

 Subgen. Dalyrta, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxii, p. 129 (1861). 



Type, A. angusta, Stal. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 



Body slender, narrowed ; head slender, narrow, a little shorter 

 than pronotum, behind each antenna armed with an acute spine, 

 postocular area nearly or quite twice as long as anteocular area ; 

 antennae long, first joint more than twice the leiigth of head ; 

 rostrum with the first joint subequal in length to remaining joints 

 together ; pronotum with the anterior lobe unarmed, posterior 

 with two discal and two lateral spines ; scutellum posteriorlv 

 with a somewhat long suberect spine ; abdomen equally broad as 

 hemelvtra. 



