REDUYIUS. 191 



with the lobes subequal in length, anterior lobe much narrower 

 than posterior, tuberculate at anterior angles, subconvex and 

 centrally longitudinally sulcate, lateral margins of posterior lobe 

 oblique ; scutellum terminating in a semiporrect spine ; membrane 

 extending a little beyond abdomen, which beneath has a slight 

 longitudinal central ridge, the lateral areas being oblique ; legs 

 pilose and body beneath pilose ; anterior femora unarmed. 

 Allied to Crociceus, Bredd. 



2963. Stesichorus pilosus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) xviii, p. 366 (1906 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and sternum black ; coriuin ochra- 

 ceous, with the basal angle, basal half of claval area, and apical 

 angle black ; membrane black, with a pale apical spot ; antennae, 

 rostrum, legs, and abdomen beneath ochraceous, the latter with 



Fig. 108. StesicTiorus pilosus. 



the apical and lateral areas piceous ; antennae, rostrum, legs, and 

 abdomen beneath strongly pilose. 



Length 11 millim. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Eppawela ( Green). 



Genus KEDUVIUS. (Vol. II, p. 250.) 



2964. Reduvius delicatula, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, p. 364 

 (1909). 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum castaneous brown ; eyes black ; 

 antennae brownish ochraceous; head beneath, rostrum, and sternum 

 castaneous brown ; abdomen beneath, legs, and connexivum 

 ochraceous ; corium brownish ochraceous, clavus (excluding inner 

 margin) and the subclaval area to corium greyish white ; membrane 

 pale fuscous brown ; antennae with the first joint a little shorter 

 than head and considerably shorter than second joint ; head trans- 

 versely impressed at posterior margins of eyes ; anterior lobe of 

 pronotum scarcely longer than posterior lobe, but narrower, more 



