RIPTOBTrS, 



413 



Fig. 243. — Euthetiis pulchelhis. 



071. EuthetUS pulcliellus, Dall. List Hem. ii, p. 479, pi. xiv, f. 3 

 (1852). 



" Head black, witli the tip testaceous ; pronotum brownish- 

 testaceous, thickly aud 

 tinely punctured, with the 

 disk and some small spots 

 on the sides brown, the 

 lateral and hinder margins 

 black ; scutellum blackish, 

 very finely punctured ; 

 corium brown, thickly aud 

 finely punctured and irro- 

 rated with testaceous, the 

 apex yellow ; membrane 

 brownish ; abdomen be- 

 neath black, with the 

 centre of the base dull 

 red, and a yellow trans- 

 verse band, interrupted iu 

 the middle, on the posterior 

 margin of the third segment ; sternum black, finely aciculated, 

 with a yellow spot at the base of each leg, prosternum minutely 

 punctate, metasteruum red ; coxae and trochanters red ; femora 

 brown ; posterior femora with a yellow ring near the apex, and the 

 apex itself black ; tibiae testaceous, beset with short, stiff, black 

 hairs, and with the apex brown ; tarsi testaceous, beset with stiff 

 black hairs like the tibiae, with the apex brown; rostrum black; 

 antennae with the first three joints whitish testaceous, with a few- 

 minute black hairs, their tips bro\^nish ; apical joint dusky, with 

 the base dull yellow."' (Dallas.) 

 Length 9 millim. 



Hah. North India (Bo7js, Brit. Mus.). 



I have only seen the typical specimen of this species, which is 

 here figured. 



Genus RIPTORTUS. 



Riptortus, Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 18.")9, p. 4G0 : id. En. Hem. 



iii, p. 90 (1873). 

 Subg. Melanolamprus, St8.l, En. Hem. iii, p. 93 (1873). 



Type, R. dentipes, Fabr., found in Africa and Madagascar. 



Distribution. Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australasian Eegions ; 

 also found in China. 



Head no broader than the base of the pronotum ; eyes promi- 

 nent, subpedunculate ; fourth joint of the antennae longer than the 

 two preceding joints taken together ; scutellum not reaching the 

 base of the metanotum ; rostrum with the second joint not or 

 slightly longer than the fourth ; basal margin of the pronotum 

 bisiuuate before the scutellum ; tibiae moderately compressed, 

 posterior femora spinose. 



