8 ANTHOCOEID^. 



fuscous ; membrane fusco-flavous ; rostrum flavous, first joint and 

 base of second joint fuscous. 



Length 2^ millira. 



Hah. "India." 



By the kindness of M. Joanny Martin, Fieber's type is here 



figured. 



Genus TRIPHLEPS. 



Tripbleps, Fieb. Winu ent. Monatschr. iv, p. 266, pi. vi, fig. P (1860) ; 

 id Eur. Hem. pp. 39 & 140 (1861) ; Rent. Act. Sue. Sci Fenn. 

 xiV, pp. 611 & 643 (1885). 



Type, T. Icevujatus, Fieb., a Palaearctic species. 



Distribution. Apparently almost universal. 



Body ovate or oblongly ovate, somewhat shortly and slightly 

 pubescent ; prouotum without or with a very obsolete anterior 

 constriction or collar ; rostrum not passing the anterior coxse ; 

 metasternum between coxae broadly rounded ; membrane with 

 three veins ; antennae short, second joint not longer than breadth 

 of head between eves. 



1479. Triphleps tantilus, Motsch. (Anthocoris) Btdl. Soc. Mosc. 

 xxxvi (3) p. 89 (1863) ; Reid. Act. Soc. Sci. Fenn. xiv, p. 718 

 (1885). 

 Triphleps indicus, Rent. Act. Soc, Sci. Fenn. xiv, pp. 645 & 655 



(1885). 



Piceous-black ; corium and legs stramineous ; antenna? strami- 

 neous, basal joint usually more or less stramineous ; cuneus and 

 inner angle of corium sometimes very palely 

 fuscous ; membrane pale subhyaline ; abdomen 

 beneath brownish-testaceous ; head between 

 eyes slightly broader than long ; first joint of 

 antennae not reaching apex of head, second joint 

 not longer than breadth between eyes; pronotum 

 punctate, granulately punctate on posterior area, 

 with a very obsolete narrow collar at anterior 

 margin, which is less than one-half the breadth 

 of posterior margin, which is strongly concavely 

 sinuate ; apical area of scutellum transversely 

 pj„ 8 strigose ; corium coarsely punctate, the cuneus 



Triphlejx tantilus. almost levigate ; rostrum reaching the anterior 

 coxae. 



Length 1| to 2 millim. 



Hab. l^en^aX {Copenhagen Mus.). Ceylon; Puudaluoya ((?ree}i). 



Dr. Meinert very kindly forwarded me the type of Renter's 

 species for comparison. 



