new Species of Pyrrhocoride. 219 
thickened towards apex, second joint longer than first or 
third, fourth mutilated; rostrum reaching posterior cox ; 
posterior angle of corium somewhat convexly angulate ; 
lateral pronotal margins distinctly and somewhat broadly 
and roundly emarginate; tibive and tarsi distinetly palely 
pilose. 
Var. Pronotum ochraceous, the lateral and posterior mar- 
gins only testaceous ; membrane black. 
Long. 19 mm. 
ITab, Madagasear ; Antananarivo. 
Odontopus stramineus, sp. n. 
Ochraceous; anterior and posterior margins of the anterior 
pronotal constricted area narrowly black ; two brown spots 
to corium—one transverse outside clavus, the other smaller 
and rounded before apex, membrane very pale ochraceous ; 
antennee wholly ochraceous, first, second, and fourth joints 
subequal in length, third shortest; membrane only just 
passing the anterior margin of the penultimate abdominal 
segment, rostrum reaching the intermediate coxee ; anterior 
femora moderately incrassated and strongly spined beneath 
on apical halves. 
Long. 16 mm. 
iss Sikhim (Atkinson Coll.). 
I refrained from describing this species in the Faun. Brit. 
India, in the unsatisfied anticipation that I might receive 
another or more specimens. ‘The abbreviated membrane and 
the moderately incrassated and. spinous anterior femora 
almost indicate another genus. In general appearance and 
markings it is allied to O. scutellaris, Walk., and O. bino- 
tatus, Stal. J 
Odontopus confusus. 
Odontopus confusus, Dist. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) ix, p. 39 (1902). 
Odontopus schoutedeni, Bergr. Ann. Soe, Ent. Belg. xlvii. p, 290 (1903). 
The specimen given specific rank by Bergroth (supra) is 
only a colour-variety of O.confusus. The black longitudinal 
vitta to the head is not of unusual occurrence, and the British 
Museum now contains a series of such varietal specimens 
acquired since I described the species. The first joint of the 
antennee, I find by the examination of later specimens, is also 
sometimes sanguineous as originally described, sometimes with 
its apical area black and sometimes wholly black. It has a 
somewhat wide distribution in Hast Africa, . 
