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Genus ISYNDUS 



Isviidiis, Std/, Off. Tet.-Al: Fork. IS-jS, p. 445 ; id. >SMi. ent. Zcif. 

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



Type, 1. rcticulahis. 8tfil, a Malaccan specii^s. 



Distribution. Oriental Eegion, China and Japan. 



Head considerably shorter thaji prouotum, anteocular and post- 

 ocular areas subequal in length ; first joint of antennae as long as 

 anterior femora, behind' the base of each antenna tuberculous or 

 subspinous ; rostrum ^^"ith the first joint a little longer than the 

 second ; pronotum with the anterior lobe armed on each side \^ ith 

 a tuberculous spine, disk of posterior lobe unarmed, the lateral 

 angles spinously or prominently produced ; anterior tibi;c as long- 

 as anterior femora and trochanters together. 



.V. Lateral anyles of posterior pro notal lobe acutehj spinous. 



1308. IsyndllS heros, Fabr. (Zelus) Si/.-f. RInjnf/. p. 285 (1803) ; Stdi. 

 Hem. Fabr. i. p. 101 (1868). 



Dull brownish-ochraceous ; head 

 above from behind autennse, an- 

 terior prouotal lobe (excluding 

 anterior margin), a very broad 

 transvt'rse fascia and the lateral 

 spines to posterior lobe, scutellum. 

 clavus, about basal half and apical 

 angle of corium, membrane, an- 

 tenna?, apex of rostrum and basal 

 spots beneath first and second 

 joints, some spots and lateral 

 mai'gin to prosteruum, segmental 

 incisures and a submarginal series 

 of spots to abdomen beneath, and 

 the legs black ; apices of i'emora 

 and annulations to antennto ochra- 

 ceous ; first joint of antenna) as 

 long as anterior femora ; anterior 

 pronotal lobe strongly tuber- 

 culously produced on each side, 

 lobe straightly, acutely, spinously 



Fig. 239. — hijndus hcrog 



lateral angles of posterior 

 produced. 



Yar. a. Anteocular portion of head cchraceous ; femora ochra- 

 ceous, biannulated with black. 



Var. b. liesembling var. a, but with the head altogether ochra- 

 ceous. 



Length 21 to 31 millim. 



Hab. Assam ; Xorth Khasi Hills (CJiennell). Bor Ghat {Di.von). 

 Bangalore. Ceylon (Green). Tenasserim ; Malewoon (Fea). — 

 Malay Peninsula. 



