EUSTHENES. 267 



419. Eusthenes riibefactus, Vist. Tr. E. S. 1901, p. 111. 



Above dark castaiieous tinged with olivaceous ; body beneath 

 with legs pale bright castaneous or ochraceous ; abdomen above 

 purplish-red ; connexivum olivaceous, spotted with ochraceous 

 at segmental bases ; antenna? piceoiis, with the basal joint, excluding 

 apex, reddish-ochraceous ; eyes inwardly margined with reddish- 

 ochraceous ; head with tlie lateral lobes obliquely striate, the basal 

 area slightly rugulose ; antenuce with the third joint shorter than 

 the second or fourth joints, extreme tip of apical joint ochraceous ; 

 pronotum with the lateral margins strongly wrinkled, the lateral 

 angles subpromiuent and subacute. — Male. Posterior femora 

 strongly incrassated, with a long and strong spine at less than 

 half the length from base, a series of small spines on inner margin 

 of apical area, and with a prominent stout spine or tooth at apex. 



The spotted connexivum and colour of the body beneath and of 

 the legs will at once diifei-entiate this species. 



Length 27 to 33 ; breadth between pronotal angles 12 to 15 

 millim. 



Hah. Burma; Kareunee {Fea). 



420. Eusthenes scutellaris, Hen-.-ScMff. (Tesseratoma) WaiK. Ins. 



iv, p. 81, p. 410 (1839) ; StSl, En. Hem. i, pp. 71 & 231 (1870) ; 



Dist. A. M. N. H. (5) iii, p. 45 (1879). 

 Eusthenes minor, VoU. Faun. hid. Neerl. iii, p. 29 (1868). 

 Eusthenes autenuatus, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1887, p. 357. 



Head, pronotum, and coriura purplish-brown ; eyes ochraceous ; 

 scutellum very dark olivaceous with the apex castaneous ; mem- 

 brane shining brassy-brown ; basal joint castaneous, and apical 

 joint of the antennae ochraceous, the last with the apex blackish, 

 second and third joints blackish, base of second narrowly castaneous, 

 apical joint somewhat longest, second very slightly longer than 

 third : body beneath brownish -ochraceous, sometimes castaneous ; 

 legs castaneous, tarsi slightly paler ; pronotum finely transversely 

 striate ; scutellum more coarsely striate ; corium thickly and 

 finely punctate ; posterior femora with a long spine near base, 

 and a double series of short spines on apical half of the under 

 surface, of which the last two are the longest. The elongate form 

 of the body and the colour of the anteunaj distinguish this species ; 

 connexivum generally purplish-brown, with a more or less distinct 

 ochraceous spot at base of each segment. 



Length 25 to 26 ; width between pronotal angles 12 millim. 



Hub. Nepal. Khasi Hills ; Shillong {Coll. Dist.). 



I originally referred to this species as E. scutellaris {supra), but 

 subsequently described it as a new species, owing to the unsatis- 

 factory nature of the figure given by Herrich-Schiiffer. 1 think it 

 better to pursue my first course as most likely being the correct 

 one. In my description of E. antennatus two printer»* errors 

 occurred : " legs ochraceous "' for eyes ochraceous ; and " Long. 35 

 to 36 mm."' for 25 to 26 millim. 



