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scutellura armed with a long, erect apical spine, hemelytra not or 

 slightly passing the abdominal apex, corium without an anteapical 

 areole ; abdomen apically somewhat distinctly incrassated ( J ), or 

 slightly ampliate behind middle, afterwards distinctly narrowed 

 near apex ( ), third ventral segment more than twice as long as 

 second, third and fourth segments subconnate in the <$ , the three 

 last segments slightly shorter than the third, rarely a little 

 longer ; anterior femora beneath not multideuticulate, only armed 

 with an ante-apical spine, anterior tibiae unarmed." (Horvdth.) 



2806. Phaenacantha sedula, Horv. Ann. Mus. Hung, ii, p. 130 

 (1904). 



" Dimorphic, ferruginous-testaceous ; anterior lobe of pronotum, 

 scutellum, gula and sternum glaucous black ; head slightly broader 

 than pronotum, above marked with two anteriorly diverging 

 fuscous bands, ocelli four times more remote from eyes than from 

 each other ; second joint of antennae half as long again as 

 first and slightly shorter than third, fourth joint a little longer 

 than the preceding joint ; apex of rostrum black ; pronotum ante- 

 riorly declivous, anterior lobe moderately convex, a little declivous 

 and the vertex moderately raised, posterior lobe distinctly punc- 

 tate ; scutellum sparsely punctate, the apical spine very 

 slightly longer than the posterior pronotal lobe, vertical or sub- 

 vertical (80), pale, apex black or darkly fuscous ; hemelytra 

 complete or incomplete, griseously hyaline, veins testaceous ; 

 sternum punctate, posterior lobe of prosternurn and sometimes also 

 the acetabula ferruginous-testaceous ; orifices, posterior angle of 

 the metasternum, connexivum, and lateral margins of the abdomen 

 beneath whitish testaceous, the last with the base black ; apices of 

 tarsi black. 



Length 7| to 8; breadth 1 millim. 



Macropt. form. Pronotum one-third longer than its own breadth, 

 anteriorly narrowed, anterior and posterior lobes separated by a 

 deep impression, posterior lobe much more convex and at least 

 twice as long as the anterior lobe ; hemelytra slightly shorter 

 than the abdomen ; apical angle of the corium, the veins of the 

 clavus and membrane slightly infuscate. 



Bracket, form. Pronotum one-fourth longer than broad, ante- 

 riorly not narrowed, lateral margins nearly parallel, anterior and 

 posterior lobes placed in the same plane and separated by a shallow 

 furrow; posterior lobe not convex and half as long as the anterior 

 lobe ; hemelytra abbreviated, scarcely extending to behind apex of 

 metanotum ; abdomen above often with two fuscous bands." 

 (Horvdth.) 



Hob. Burma; Karennee (Fea). Penang, Singapore, Engano, 

 Mentawei (fide Horvdth). 



I have not seen this species. 



