NICOSTRATUS. 



475 



1454, Sthenaridea pusilla, Rent. Ent. Tidski: v, p. 198 (1884). 



Black, fuscous or reddish-black, 

 shining, slightly griseous pubes- 

 cent ; second joint of antennae 

 excluding basal fourth, rostrum, 

 apices of anterior and intermediate 

 femora, the tibiae and tarsi ochra- 

 ceous ; apex of last joint of an- 

 tennae fuscous ; tibiae finely spinu- 

 lose; membrane fuliginous. 



Var. Second and third joints of 

 antennae sometimes wholly ochra- 

 ceous. 



Length, $ , 2h raillim. 



Hah. Bengal (Copenhar/en Mus.). 



By the kindness of Dr. Meinert 

 \'e been enabled to figure the type of this species. 



Sthenaridea pusUla. 



Genus NICOSTRATUS, nov. 



Type, N. balteatus, Dist. 

 Distribution. Ceylon. 



Body elongate ; head globose, almost circnlar ; eyes moderately 

 large but not exserted, adpressed to head ; antennae with the first 

 joint shorter than head, second a little incrassated towards apex 

 and almost as long as lateral margin of corium (excluding cuneus), 

 third a little longer than fourth ; rostrum passing the anterior 

 coxae ; pronotum globosely tumid, deflected anteriorly, where it is 

 strongly constricted, and behind a narrow anterior collar armed 

 with two strong divergent spines, posterior margin slightly con- 

 cavely sinuate ; scutellum developed in a strong robust upright 



tuberculous spine ; clavus dis- 

 tinctly raised and deflected on 

 each side ; corium with the 

 latei'al margins concavely sinuate, 

 widened and tumid at apices; 

 / ^*^^^^ \ £^ cuneus posteriorly deflected, a 



/ '-^ 3 m \ 7) ^'''^'® longer than broad ; mem- 



/ / I^nsShr \ \ Xl-J jr^-ane considerably passing the 



abdominal apex ; legs moderately 

 long and slender. 



1455, Nicostratus balteatus, sp. n. 



Black, shining ; basal annulation 

 to third joint of antennae, a trans- 

 Averse fascia crossing corium and 

 Fig, 307. — Nicostratus balteatus. clavus behind scutellum, bases of 

 intermediate and posterior femora, posterior acetabula, and a 



