PANTHOUS. 



379 



Var. 0. Kesembling var. 6, but with the coriuiu purpUsh-bhick, 

 femora subapicall\' auuidated with black ; connexivum spotted 

 with black. {This is the varicii/ liere figured.) 



Length 18 to 24 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon. Burma; Palon, Teinzo, Bhamo {Feci). — Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



Division PANTJlOUSAlilA. 



This division, represented, so far as my knowledge extends, by 

 the genus Fanthous, is proved to be extremely distinct bv the 

 structure of the pronotum, which is posteriorly dilated and covers 

 the scutellum aud base of coriuin. 



(lenus PANTHOUS. 



Pauthous, Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 18G3, p. 42; id. Hem. Afr. ill, 

 p. 50 (I860) ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 8 (1874). 



Type, P. excelleas, Stal. 



JJistribution. Oriental Kegiou, 



Head oblong, unarmed ; antennre of moderate length, first joint 

 about a third longer than the head ; rostrum with the first joint a 

 little shorter than the second ; pronotum broader than the hem- 

 elytra, anterior lobe small, posterior lobe dilated and posteriorly 

 produced over the scutellum and base of corium ; legs of moderate 

 length, subnodulose, anterior tibite a little longer than the anterior 

 femora. 



1313. Panthous excellens, S'Sl, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 42. 



Ochraceous ; head above (except- 

 ing apex), antennae, anterior lobe 

 of pronotum, the greater part ot' 

 sternum, transverse spots to lateral 

 areas of abdomen beneath, and the 

 legs black ; rostrum (excluding 

 apex), coxae, trochanters, and bases 

 of femora reddish-ochraceous ; con- 

 nexivum dull sanguineous ; apex of 

 corium fuscous ; membrane oliva- 

 ceous-black, its apex paler ; femora 

 aud tibiae somewhat prominently 

 nodulose; connexivum upwardly re- 

 curved; anterior lobe of pronotum 

 medially longitudinally impressed, 

 posterior lobe with the posterior 

 lateral and basal margins mode- 

 rately ampliated and upwardly 

 re Hexed. 



Fig. 241. — Panthous excellent^ 



Length 24 to 29 millim. 



Hab. Assam ; Niiga Hills {Doherttj). 



