DUjS'NIUS. 



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Geuus ACESINES. 

 Acesines, Stal, En. Hem. x, p. 94 (187G). 



Type, -1. hrevkeps, 8tal. 



Disti-ibution. As j'et recorded only from India. 



Head short, almost equally long and broad between tlie eyes, 

 broadly rounded at the apex, obsoletely punctured, lateral margins 

 not sinuated ; pronotura obsoletely punctate at the narrow an- 

 terior levigate margin and at the somewhat acute and narrowly 

 reflexed lateral margins ; scutellum of moderate size, shorter than 

 the corium ; rostrum not passing the posterior coxae ; mesosternal 

 ridge gradually thickened posteriorly ; metasternum moderately 

 elevated. Abdomen with a distinct basal tubercle or spine which 

 touches the metasternum ; membrane with five veins. 



Fig. 144. — Accdncs brevice2)s. 



'•■^. Acesines breviceps, Stdl, En. Hem. \, p. 94 (1876). 



Oval, somewhat depressed, obscurely ochraceous, above and on 



sternum distinctly and rather 

 densely blackly punctate, the 

 punctures arranged in lines 

 and groups leaving small 

 irregular and confluent 

 smooth spots ; anterior mar- 

 gin and an obsolete longi- 

 tudinal line on prouotum, 

 also an intermediate spot on 

 basal area of scutellum, very 

 much less punctate ; lateral 

 areas of mider surface of ab- 

 domen finely darkly punctate ; 



a sublateral streak, the sixth segment, and anal valvules blackish ; 



abdomen above, membrane, and the last two joints of the autenuai 



fuscous ; tibiae minutely speckled with fuscous. 

 Length 9 ; breadth 6 millim. 

 Hab. " India'' (Stockholm Mas.). 

 I am indebted to Dr. Aurivillius for the opportunity of figuring 



this species. 



Genus DUNNIUS, nov. 



Type, B. fulvescens, Dall. 



Distribution. India, Burma, and Ceylon. 



SomevA^hat broadly ovate ; head broad, rounded, lobes of about 

 equal length, margins rounded, eyes transverse ; first joint of 

 antenuce about reaching apex of head, third, fourth, and fifth joints 

 pilose ; pronotuni moderately gibbous at base, deflected towards 

 bead, lateral margins oblique, posterior angles I'ounded ; scutellum 

 longer than half of abdomen, narrowed posteriorly ; rostrum 

 reaching the intermediate coxas, second joint a little longest; 

 mesosternum with a distinct keel or ridge, narrowed in front, not 



