412 COKEID.E. 



670. Curupira Mcolor, Dht. A. M. N. H. (7) vii, p. 426 (1901). 



Ochraceous : anterior third of pronotum, base of scutellum, 

 sternum, and sometimes inner margins of latei'al lobes of head,, 

 plumbaginous ; posterior angles of prosteruum broadly ochraceous ; 

 abdomen beneath reddish-ochraceous, \A'ith its lateral margins 

 luteous ; e3'es castaneous ; pronotum, scntellum, and sternum 

 thickly and coarsely punctate ; second and third joints of antennoD 

 subeqnal in length, fourtli longest ; spine to scntellum long 

 and obliquely ascendant. 



Length 7 to 9 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Metauja, Bharao, Karennee {Fea). — Found in 

 the Malay Peninsula, and distributed throughout the Malayan 

 xlrchipelago. 



Division ALYDARIA. 

 Alydarla, Stal, En. Hem. \i\, p. 85 (1873). 



Pronotum posteriorly^ more or less broader than the bead ; head 

 large, not or slightly shorter than the prouotum ; first joint of 

 the rostrum not extending mucb behind eyes ; posterior femora 

 sometimes spinous. 



This is a somewhat large Division, represented in all the zoolo- 

 gical regions, but very poorly so in the fauna of British India, only 

 t\AO genera out of twenty-two known to entomologists having 

 been recorded thence hitherto. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Posterior femora unarmed ; odoriferous aper- 



tures very obscure and difficult to 



distinguish Euthetus, p. 41 2. 



B. Posterior femora spiued beneath : odoriferous 



apertures distinct PiIPTortus, p. 413. 



Genus EUTHETUS. 



Euthetus, Ball. List Hem. pp. 467 & 479 (1852) : Stlil, En. Hem. 

 iii, p. 91 (1873). 



Type, E. pidcTieUvs, Dall. 



Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Eegions. 



Head triangular ; antennae rather more than half the length of 

 the body ; basal joint shorter than the head, second joint a little 

 more than half the length of the first ; third joint nearly as long 

 as the first and second together, fourth longest ; rostrum short,. 

 scarcely passing the anterior coxae ; first and second joints nearly 

 equal in length ; first joint very stout, nearly as long as the head ; 

 third joint shortest, fourth shorter than the first and second ; legs 

 long and slender, especially the posterior legs, the femora of whicli 

 are unarmed and the tibiae straight ; tarsi long and slender, the 

 basal joint forming two-thirds of the length of the Avhole tarsus. 



