32 NArCOMD^. 



doubtful position iu generic classification. I do not know it, nor 

 am I aware of any collection that contains an authentically identified 

 specimen. 



1509. Heleocoris (?) acuta, S^nn. (Xaucoris) Ess. p. 55. 5 (1837). 



This is auother species of doubtful location, the male of whicli is 

 described by Spinola as resembliug by the colours above, the male 

 of the preceding species M. ohlicpiahis, but differing notably by the 

 shape of the pronotum, which is not pei-ceptibly '* reborde," with 

 no marginal furrow, the posterior angles acute ; while the body is 

 a little longer and broader. 



JN'o dimensions given in the description. 



Hah. Bombay {Du])ont). 



Genus CTENIPOCORIS. 



Ctenipocoris, Montand. Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. xxxvii, p. 373 (1897) ; 

 id. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xlvii, p. 436 (1897). 



Type, C. asiaticus, Montand. 



Distribution. Burma. 



Body oval ; head moderately convex above the eyes, converging 

 anteriorly, but the external process beyond them, as in the two 

 preceding genera, practically wanting ; scutellum very large, much 

 broader than long, claval suture little more than half the length 

 of scutellum ; liemelytra completely covering the abdomen, mem- 

 brane well developed ; anterior femora dilated, the tarsi two- 

 jointed, the intermediate and posterior tibiae armed with long 

 strong spines. 



1510. Ctenipocoris asiaticus, Montand. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxxvii, 



p. 374 (1897). 



Head and pronotum ochraceous ; scu- 

 tellum and hemelytra piceous, margins 

 of the last ochraceous ; body beneath 

 greyishly piceous ; head beneath, lateral 

 areas of prosternum, rostrum, legs, and 

 central longitudinal fascia to abdomen 

 — not reaching base — ochraceous ; head 

 with two small central spots on anterior 

 areas, inner margins of eyes, and an 

 oblique spot before them piceous ; 

 Fig. 20. pronotum with a subbasal transverse 



Ctenipocoris asiaticus, piceous line and with a few small spots 

 of the same colour ; posterior lateral 

 margins of the scutellum narrowly, obscurely ochraceous ; claval 

 suture margined with obscure ochraceous ; spines to the inter- 

 mediate and posterior tibia? brownish. 

 Length 7 to 8 inillim. 

 Hah. Burma ; Karennee {Fea). 

 Montaudou's type is here figured. 



