EPIDAUS. 371 



ocular area of head above black ; coriiim blackish-brown, membrane 

 bronzy ; abdomen beneath, bases of intermediate and posterior 

 femora, and the coxae and trochanters stramineous ; pronotum and 

 corium speckled with small greyish spots ; head a little shorter 

 than pronotum, with a short robust spine behind the base of each 

 antenna ; rostrum with the first joint subequal in length to the 

 two remaining joiuts together ; first joint of antennje about as 

 long as posterior femora ; pronotum with the anterior lobe 

 sculptiired, medially impressed, posterior lobe with two long 

 erect discal and two horizontal lateral spines ; scutellum pos- 

 teriorly spinously produced, very slightly suberect ; membrane 

 a little passing abdominal apex. 



Length IH millim. 



Hab. Tenasserim {Coll. Dist.) . 



Genus EPIDAUS. 



Epidaus, StSl, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1859, p. 193 ; id. Stctt. eni. Zeit. 



xxii, p. 130 (1861) ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 9 (1874). 

 Gastroplceus, Costa, Aim. Mm. Zool. Napoli, ii, p. 140 (18G4). 



Type, E. transversus, Burm., a species from the Philippines. 



Distribution. Oriental and Papuan Regions, and China. 



Head cylindrical, a little shorter than pronotum, with a spinous 



tubercle behind the base of 

 each antenna, postocular 

 area nearly twice as long- 

 as anteocular area ; an- 

 tennae long, basal joint 

 subequal in length to pos- 

 terior femora; rostrum with 

 the first joint shorter than 

 the two remaining joints 

 together ; pronotum with 

 the anterior lobe obsoletely 

 tuberculate, posterior lobe 

 witli two discal and two 

 long lateral spines, the last 

 emarginate or notched near 

 base ; apex of scutellum 

 obtusely rounded. 



1300. Epidaus conspersus, 



Stal, Ann. Soc. l\nt. Fr. 

 1863, p. 26. 



Obscure fuscous-testa- 

 ceous, moderately seri- 

 ceous ; antenna?, rostrum and legs a little paler in hue ; body 

 beneath blackish ; three spots on anterior area of posterior pro- 

 notal lobe and three lateral spots to sternum ochraceous, sericeous ; 

 apex of scutellum, numerous small spots to corium, four small 

 spots at each segmental incisure, and a series of sublateral spots 

 VOL. II. 2 c 



Fig. 235. — Epidaus comperms 



