838 coREiD.Ti;. 



548. Prionolomia heros, Fabr. (Lyga?us) Eiit. Syst. \x, p. 186 (1794-) : 



Stdl (Mictis), Hem. Fabr. i, p. 44. 4 (1868). 

 Mictis liystrix, Costa, Bend. Ac. Nap. ii, p. 253 (1863), 



Pale brownisb-ochraceous, finely and thickly punctate ; sternum 

 with an oblique pale ochraceous fascia on each lateral area ; an- 

 tennae with the apices of the joints a little darker, fourth joint 

 luteous near base; connexivum with the apices of the segmental 

 incisures luteous ; pronotal angles moderately dilated and margin- 

 ally dentate. In the male the posterior femora are somewhat 

 strongly incrassated, straight, convex above, on each side with a 

 series of spines, and beneath irregularly spinose, all the spines 

 black, beneath with one prominent spine. 



Length 33 ; breadth 9| milhm. 



Hab. Sylhet {vide Stdl). — Java {Stoclcholm Mvs.). 



I do not accurately know this species, though I possess a 

 specimen fi-om Bantam in Java, which agrees fairly well with 

 the description. It seems to be a rare species in British 

 India. 



549. Prionolomia fulvicornis, J«5r. (Cimex) Manf. ii, p. 288 (1787) : 



id. (Lygfeus) 'Si/st. Rh>/)if/, p. 204 (1803); Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, 

 p. 45 (1868). 



Pronotum, scutellum, and membrane piceous-brown ; head and 

 corium brownish-ochraceous, sometimes uniformly ; antennae 

 and legs pale castaueous : in the male the posterior legs are 

 piceous with the tarsi castaneous ; body beneath in female ob- 

 scure castaneous, in male with the sternum piceous, the sternal 

 segmental margins and the abdomen castaneous ; the pronotum 

 has the anterior area granulate, the lateral angles somewhat 

 strongly horizontally produced, their apices narrowed and ob- 

 tusely pointed, their margins and the anterior lateral margins 

 strongly serrate ; posterior femora in the male strongl}' incrassated, 

 tuberculate on each side ; posterior tibise in male prominently 

 inwardly angulated, in female obtusely widened, not angulated ; 

 a small ochraceous spot near the odorifei'ous orifices. 



Length 26 to 29 ; breadth between pronotal angles 12 to 13| 

 millim. 



Hab. Khilsi Hills {Chennell). 



550. Prionolomia cardoni, Lcthiemj, Bull Soc. Ent. BeUj. 1891^ 



p. cxliii. 



This species, which I have not seen, Mas described from a single 

 male example. It is stated to differ from P. fulvicornis by its 

 deeper colour, the lateral expansion of the pronotum more rounded 

 or enlarged, the dentation more acute, the granules on the femora 

 smaller and more numerous, and by the angles on the inner margin 

 of the tibise being nearer the base and more obtuse. 



Lengrh 25 millim. 



Hab. Bengal ; Kunbir {vide Lethierry). 



