402 REDUYIID.I. 



and a small medial spot to first joint of antennae fuscous ; anterior 

 femora very strongly incrassated and minutely serrate beneath ; 

 first joint of antennae longer than head, snbequal in length to 

 second joint ; abdomen and corium concavely sinuate at middle, 

 the first broadened and projecting beyond middle. 



Length 9 millim. 



Hah. Burma {coll. Dist.). — Japan (Lewis). 



The above colour-variety has been compared with Scott's type. 



Species vot seen hy writer. 



1348, Nabis indicus, St8l (Aspilaspis), En. Hem. iii, p. 114 (1873). 



Stal compares this species with the Palaearctic N. viridnlns, 

 Spin.* " Allied to N. viridulus, which it closely resembles, but 

 differs by its larger and more slender structure ; head, laterally 

 seen, more slender; posterior lobe of pronotum narrower; 

 corium \\ithour fuscous marginal spot, but before middle at 

 clavus smally nebulously infuscated ; two vittae, the exterior short ; 

 membranal veins concolorous." 



Length 8 millim. 



Hah. " 'North India" {Stocl-Jiolm Mas.). 



Genus LORICHIUS, nov. 



Type, L. wnhonatiis, Dist. 



iJistrihution. Tenasserim . 



Body slender, elongate ; head shorter than pronotum, subcylin- 

 drical in front of eyes, tumid between eyes, which are well sepa- 

 rated from anterior margin of pronotum ; first joint of antenna 

 considerably longer than head ; rostrum with the second and third 

 joints subequal in length ; pronotum with a distinct collar, and 

 transversely impressed before middle ; scutellum with the apex 

 distinctly produced ; hemelytra longer than abdomen ; legs long, 

 slender, pilose, posterior tibiae in male globosely cla^ate near base ; 

 antei'ior tibiae and femora subequal in length. 



1349. Lorichius umbonatus, sp. n. 



Head and anterior lobe of pronotum shining chocolate-brown ; 

 posterior pronotal lobe, corium, sternum, and abdomen beneath 

 piceous ; a central line to posterior pronotal lobe, scutellum, 

 lateral margins of the hemelytra, and a spot near the inner angle 



* JV. viridulus, Spin. Ess. p. 107 (1840). " Body and legs pale green without 

 spots ; corium of same coloui-, a large orange-yellow spot at the internal area 

 of the corium ; membrane liyaliue, \eins white ; tlie green colour is sometimes 

 pale yellow on the antenna', tibia\ tarsi, uppei- surface of head, and pi'othorax, 

 but tiie hemelytra always exhibit the green coloration." 



Widely distributed through Central Europe to Turkestan. 



