374 



HEDL'TIID-E. 



1305. Brassivola hystrix, sp. n. 



Pale chocolate-brown, somewhat thickly palely sericeous ; au- 

 tennoD broadly anuulated uith ochraceous ; femora and tibiie with 

 two central annulations, under surface of first joint of rostrum, 

 and marginal spots to conuexivum (excluding fourth segment) 

 ochraceous ; membrane shining bronzy ; posterior lobe of pro- 

 notum with scattered small ochraceous sericeous spots ; head 

 veiy strongly transversely impressed between eyes ; scutellum 

 obsoletely spotted "vvitli ochraceous on each lateral margin and at 

 apex ; corium very thickly palely sericeous. 



Length 26 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon {Green). 



Genus BARTA.CUS, nov. 



Type, B. sjnnifex, Thunb. 

 D'lstrihvtion. India. 



Allied to Brassivola in having both lobes of the pronotum discally 

 spined, but differing by the non-dilated abdomen ; postocular area 

 of the head longer than the anteocidar and narrowed behind the 

 area of the ocelli, very strongly impressed between eyes, and uith 

 a strong erect spine before tlie base of each antenna ; antennae 

 mutilated in type; anterior lobe of pronotum much shorter than 

 posterior lobe, basal margin emarginate before scutellum ; apex of 

 scutellum moderately acuminate; legs moderately long and slender, 

 anterior femora u little thickened and a little longer than the 



anterior tibice : abdomen not 

 dilated ; membrane scarcely 

 passing abdominal apex. 



1306. Bartacus spinifex, Thunb. 

 (Cimex) Nov. Ins. *Sy). ii, p. 33, 

 pi. 2, fig. 48 (178:5); Sfal 

 ( Alcmena), JEn. Jlein. iv, p. 24 

 (1874), excl. syn. 



Fuscous - brown, sparingly 

 (sternum densely) spotted mi- 

 nutely with sericeous-white ; 

 pronotal lateral spines and ab- 

 domen beneath ochraceous ; in- 

 termediate and posterior legs 

 olivaceous -green, apices of the 

 femora narrowly, apices of the 

 tibifc broadly, and the tarsi 

 brownish-ochraceous ; posterior 

 lobe of ])ronotum with t\\'o short 

 tuberculous spines, the lateral angles produced into rather long 

 slender spines a little directed ujnvard, the anterior lobe with 

 two erect discal tubercles ; apex of scutellum a little produced, but 

 without a suberect spine. 



Fig. 237. — Bartucits sjiinij'ex. 



