COLPURA. 377 



B. Head subquadrate, not or scarcely longer than 

 broad. 

 «. Second joint of autennse considerably longer 

 than third ; membrane not reaching apex 



of abdomen IIygia, p. 380. 



h. Second joint of antennaj slightly longer than 

 third ; membrane almost reaching apex of 

 abdomen Vittorius, p. 381. 



Genus COLPURA. 

 Lybas, Dall. List Hem. ii, pp. 450 it 4G3 (18o2), nom. prceocc. 

 Colpnra, Bercjr. Rev. Ent. Franc, xiii, ]>. 154 (1894). 

 Lybastes, Kirkaldi/, Entomohgist, xxxiii, p. 240 (1900). 



Type, G. ohseura, Dall. 



Distribution. Oriental Kegion ; not at present known from 

 Indian Peninsula or Ceylon. 



Head long, much longer than the breadth between eyes, the 

 central lobe prominent and passing the lateral lobes ; rostrum 

 with the first joint extending considerably beyond the basal 

 margin of the head ; antennae with the first joint shorter than the 

 second, the fourth joint shorter than the third ; membrane with 

 the veins more or less furcate ; abdomen more or less distinctly 

 snlcated. 



624. Colpura obscura, Ball. (Lybas) List Hem. ii, p. 463, pi. xiv, 



f. 2 (1852). 



Dark dull castaueous ; apex of the scutellum and a small spot 

 near middle of apical margin of corium ochraceous ; lateral mar- 

 gins of the abdomen, above and beneath, with ochraceous inci- 

 sural spots ; abdomen with a lateral segmental series of black 

 spots, those on the last three segments being most distinct 

 and the others sometimes obsolete; body elongate ; connexivum 

 exposed beyond middle of corium ; abdomen somewhat broadly 

 snlcated for more than half its length ; rostrum brownish, ex- 

 tending to basal margin of the fourth abdominal segment. 



Length 16 to 17; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim. 



Hah. Khasi Hills (C/feuiu'??).— Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, 

 and Corea. 



625. Colpura erebus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) vii, p. 18 (1901). 



Very dark castaneous; apical joint of antennas (excluding base), 

 eyes, apex of scutellum, a small discal spot on corium near posterior 

 margin, linear lateral spots to abdomen above and beneath, 

 posterior margins of fourth and fifth abdoniinal segments, and the 

 coxa;, ochraceous; femora much suffused with ochraceous; antennae 

 with the first joint thickened and slightly curved, second and third 

 joints slender, second longest, fourth cylindrical, shorter than 

 third; pronotiim with the anterior angles moderately and distinctly 

 prominent, anterior margin coucavely sinuate, lateral margins 

 nearly straight and distinctly reflexed ; anterior area bilobately 

 impressed ; abdomen broader than corium and projecting from 



