476 



CAr.SID-'B. 



subapical aimulation to tibia^ white ; tarsi (excluding apices) and 

 basal joint of antennae pale ochraeeous ; membrane very dark- 

 opaque, fuliginous : glabrous, shining, eyes opaque ; posterior 

 angles of pronotum subprorainent and subacutely deflected. 



Length 4| millim. 



Hah. Ceylon (Lcivis). 



Genus CYRTORRHINUS. 



Cyrtorliinus, Fieb. IVini. ent. Monatsh. ii, p. ."{IS (1858). 

 Cyrtorrhiniis, Reui. Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. xiii, p. 379 (1884) ; Ofc. 



FhiKh. Soc. For//, xliv, p. 178 (1902). 

 Tytthus, Fieb. Wini. ent. Momifsb. viii, p. 82 (1864). 

 Sphyracephalus, part., IJoiujl. S,- Scott, Brit. Hem. p. 349 (1865). 

 Periscopus, Brcdd. Dciitsch. ent. Zrit. 1890, p. 106. 

 Breddiniessa, Kirlc. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxii, p. 13 (1903). 



Type, C. caricls, Fall., a Pala\arctic species, 



Distr'dmtmi. Paltearetic and Oriental Regions. 



Elongately ovate; head vertical, transverse, short ; eyes large, 

 contiguous to the anterior margin of the pronotum but longly pro- 

 jecting beyond it; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxa^; antenna' 

 long, slender, first joint moderately thickened, second shorter than 

 the last two joints together ; pronotum trapeziform, basal rather 

 more than twice the width of anterior margin, lateral margins 

 strongly sinuate ; legs moderately long, posterior tarsi uith the 

 second and third joints equally long. 



H-'r;. Cyrtorrhinus lividipennis, Fcnt. Ent. Tidskr. v, p. 199 (1884). 



Black ; base of head confluent with 

 a large spot on inner side of each 

 eye, antenniferous tubercles and apex 

 of first joint of antenna^, rostrum, 

 anterior callosities and a broad cen- 

 tral fascia to posterior area of pro- 

 notum, a large lateral spot on each 

 side of scutellum, the hemelytra, 

 body beneath and legs flavescent : a 

 lateral sternal spot black. 



Length 2| to 3| millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Yatiyantota (^'^Tcn). 

 Burma ; Rangoon (Fea). Great 

 Nicobar {Copenhagen Mus.). 



An apparently abundant species 

 in Ceylon, where Mr. E. E. Green 

 found it coming to light. By the 

 courtesy of Prof. Meinert I have 

 examined the type. 



Fig. oU6. 

 Cyrforrh in us lividipcn ii i 



