CKESPHONTES. 



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379. Dabessus repellens, Kirlnj (Rhapliigaster), J. inm. Soc, Zool. xxiv, 

 p. S(j, ])]. iv, f. !;) (1892) ; Dist. (Araducta) A. M. N. H. (7) v, 

 p. 4l>7(1900). 



" Rather long aud narrow ; very dark reddisli-browu above and 



reddish below ; legs and an- 

 teunsTe rufo-testaceous, upper 

 surface somewhat rugose and 

 thickly 'punctured ; angles of 

 the pronotum short, distinct, 

 straight, pointed at the tip, but 

 not very acutely, aud the ex- 

 treme point pale ; membrane 

 fuscous or f usco-hyaline. Pectus 

 thickly punctured ; A'entral sur- 

 face of abdomen much more 

 finely ; subterminal segment of 

 abdomen ^ith strong sharp 

 lateral projections." (Kirhy.) 



Fig. \-^f^.~ Bahe^sus rcpcllcns. 



Length 11 raillim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Pundaloya (^^^-ecn) 



Genus CKESPHONTES. 



Cresphoutes, Stdl, Of v. Vd.-Ak. Forh, 1807, p. 514; id. En, Hem. 

 X, p. \)o (1876). 



Type, C. monsoni, AVestw. 



Distribution. At present recorded only from India and Java. 



Body broadly obovate ; head moderatel}^ narrowed forwardly 

 but scarcely sinuate at lateral margins, about as long as broad 

 between eyes ; rostrum extending to the posterior coxae ; antennaa 

 moderate, first joint not quite reaching the apex of head, 

 second shorter than third; pronotum moderately deflected, 

 anterior margin not elevated, lateral angles obtusely, broadly 

 subprominent ; sculellum somewhat broad at apex, moderately 

 long, frena extending a little beyond its middle ; apical margin of 

 coriurn rounded ; mesosteruum distinctly carinate. Abdomen 

 armed at base with a long s])ine, extending beyond the inter- 

 mediate coxae. 



380. Cresphontes monsoni, Westw. (Pthaphigaster) i/i Hope Cat. 1, 

 p. 31 (1837) ; Dist. P. Z. >S. 1900, p. 814, pi. Hi, f. 6. 

 Crespbontes nigi-o-maeulatu.s, Haffl. Stett. ent. Zeit. xxix. p. 157 



(1868). 

 Cresphoutes nifescens, Bredd. Deutsche ent. Zeitsclir. 1900, p. 163. 



Pale flavescent or stramineous, blackly punctate, the punctures 

 on head and pronotum arranged in patches, margins and apex of 

 scutellum densely punctate ; corium somewhat rufescent, densely 

 punctate ; abdomen above, first and second joints of antenna?, 



