MATTIPHUS. 269 



Length 30 to 30 ; breadth between prouotal angles 15 to 17 

 millim. 



Hah. Sikhim; Darjeeling {Coll. Dist.). Assam; Khasi Hills 

 ( GhennelJ) ; Mai'gherita {Doherty). 



422. Eurostus OChraceus, Montand. ? Ann. Soc. Ent. Beh/. xxxviii, 

 p. 038 (1894) ; Bist. Tr. E. S. 1901, p. 103. 



Dull ochraeeous ; antennte, margins of head, lateral margins of 

 pronotum, basal lateral margin of corium, and the connexivum 

 black ; body beneath, legs, and basal joint of antennae ocbraceous ; 

 pronotum faintly and scutellum more profoundly transversely 

 striate. 



Length 27^ to 32 ; greatest breadth 15 to 16| millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Karennee (Fea). The species was founded on 

 a Chinese specimen. 



Genus MATTIPHUS. 



Mattiphus, Ami/. ^- Sew. Hem. p. 108 (1843) ; Stul, Hem. Afr. i, 

 p. 225 (1804). 



Type, M. laticoiUs, AVestw. 



Distribution. Oriental llegion. 



Pronotum dilated laterally, transversely quadrate, the anterior 

 angles rather prominent ; head with the apes emarginate, basal 

 joint of antenna? just passing apex of head ; rostrum extending to 

 about the middle of mesosternum, ^\■hich is distinctly ridged, the 

 ridge anteriorly furro\\"ed ; metasteraal plate moderately elevated, 

 not posteriorly, but from base to centre emarginate, narrowed 

 anteriorly : legs simple, posterior femora in tlie male neither 

 incrassated nor very prominently spined near base ; second 

 abdominal segment centrally elevated and reaching the base of the 

 metasteruum ; angles of sixth abdominal segment in the male 

 rounded, in the female acute. 



423. Mattiphus laticollis. Tre*7;«-. (Eustheues) in Hope Cat. i, p 27 

 (1837) ; Hal/. List Hem. i, p. 344 (1851). 

 Mattiphus carrenoi, Amy. l^- Serv. Hem. p. 108 (1843). 



Pale, shining, castaneous ; scutellum blackish-castaueous, the 

 extreme apex pale luteous ; connexivum blackish, obsoletely, 

 sometimes distinctly, spotted with ochraeeous at the segmental 

 bases : body beneath and legs luteous ; abdomen with a series of 

 transverse striae near stigmata, which are sometimes dai-ker in 

 colour ; antennae black, basal joint and extreme apices of 

 remaining joints luteous. 



Length 27 to 29 ; breadth between postei'ior pronotal an/>-les 

 15 millim. 



Hah. India (Amy. cf- >Serv., probably Burma or Teuasserim). 



Malay Peninsula and Java. 



