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by the large scutellum, and especially by the presence o£ a spine 

 at the apex of the posterior femora. These are the characters 

 relied upon by Signoret. Stal allies the genus to ^EtJnis, Dall. = 

 Cijdiius, Fabr., but separates it by the characters of having the 

 body very remotely ciliated and the absence of small spines to the 

 margin of the head. 



170. Macroscytus brunneus, labr. (Cydnus) Syst. lihpKj. p. 18-5 

 1803); Fleb. (part.) Eur. Hem. p. 362 (1861); Sirjn. (part.) 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii, p. 477, pi. 14, f. 136 (1882) : Afk. 

 (part.) J. A. S. B. Ivi, p. 54 (1887). 



Cydnus .spinipes, Fabr. loc. cit. p. 186. 



Cydnus proxiuius, Ramb. Faun. A?idal. p. 112 (1839). 



.'Ethus opacus, Stal, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1853, p. 214. 3 ; Stdl 

 (Macroscytus), Hem. Afr. i, p. 26. 6 (1864). 



Oval ; of a more or less deep brown ; the varieties hrunneus and 

 opacus black, and spinijies more or less tiuely punctured ; eorium 

 sometimes glossy ; rostrum, base of antennae, and the tarsi 

 ochraceous. Head rounded in front, central lobe as long as the 

 lateral lobes, which have 5 or 6 hairs along the margin ; vertex 

 scarcely carinate ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ; first 

 and second joints of the antennas ochraceous, the third shorter 

 than the second ; pronotum convex in front, transversely flattened, 

 without an impression ; scutellum reaching three-fourths the length 

 of the abdomen, finely punctured on the disk ; eorium almost flat, 

 finely punctate ; membrane hyaline, veins infuseated : tarsi yellow, 

 all the femora spinose beneath, posterior femora with two stout 

 spines at apex. 



Lengrli 8 raillira. 



Hah. India. Ceylon {Sl(/noret). Burma : Karenuee (Fea). — 

 A well-knowa European species ; also found in Africa, and 

 i-ecorded from China. 



171. Macroscytus badius, JValk. (.Ethus) Cat. Het. i, p. 159. 73 

 (1867) ; Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) iv, p. 222 (1899). 

 Macroscytus brunneus, Skpi. (part.) Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii, 

 p. 477, t. 14, f. 136 (1882); Afk. (part.) /. A. <S'. i?. Ivi. p. 54 

 (1887). 



" Tawny, elliptical, shining, slightly convex. Sides of the head 

 and thorax with stout bristles. Head with oblique striae on each 

 side, a little less than half the breadth of the thorax. Antennic 

 about one -third of the breadth of the head ; joints successively 

 increasing in length. Thorax thinly and minutely punctured ; a 

 transverse middle furrow barely indicated. Scutellum thinly 

 punctured. Legs thick ; tibiae with stout spines. Fore wings 

 minutely punctured, with three striae near the costa, and with 

 three near the hind border ; membrane pale cinereous." ( Walh'r.) 



M. badius, Walk., was placed by Signoret as a synonym of 

 the preceding species {M. brunneus, Fabr.), but it differs from the 



