192 APPENDIX. BEDUVIIDjE. 



globose and with the anterior angles shortly tuberculously pro- 

 minent ; posterior lobe with the basal angles obtusely broadly 

 subaugulate. but very slightly prominent ; scutellum apically 

 finely and somewhat longly porrectly spinous ; rostrum with the 

 basal joint reaching anterior margin of eyes, distinctly shorter 

 than the second joint ; membrane not quite but nearly reaching 

 abdominal apex ; eonnexivum exposed on each side of hemelytra ; 

 body and legs more or less finely longiy pilose. 



Length 8| millim. 



Hab. Bengal ; Chapra (Mackenzie). 



Genus ISDEGARDES. 



(To follow Reduvius, Vol. II, p. 250.) 



Isdegardes, List. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, p. 365 (1909). 



Type, /. melanoceplialus, Dist. 



Distribution. Calcutta. 



Head broad, transverse ; eyes large, completely extending across 

 the lateral areas of the head ; antennae with the basal joint much 

 shorter than the head but extending a little beyond its apex, second 

 joint slightly more than twice as long as first, slightly longer than 

 third ; ocelli prominent, central, slightly behind the posterior 

 margin of the eyes ; rostrum with the second joint much longer 

 than the first; pronotum with the anterior lobe subquadrate, 

 longer than the posterior lobe, the anterior angles laminately 

 subangularly moderately prominent, centrally longitudinally im- 

 pressed, posterior lobe less convex and wider than the anterior 

 lobe, its lateral angles subpromineut ; scutellum subtriaogular, a 

 little foveately depressed before apex which is slender and 

 acuminate ; hemelytra elongate, their costal margins parallel, 

 membrane reaching abdominal apex with three cellular areas, the 

 middle largest, the apical narrow, elongate, subtriangular ; anterior 

 femora considerably thickened, obtusely broadly angulate beneath 

 a little before middle ; anterior tibiae short, somewhat broadly 

 compressed and curved ; intermediate and posterior legs simple, 

 posterior tibiae very slightly curved. 



This genus is more or less allied to Reduvius. 



2965. Isdegardes melanoceplialus, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, 

 p. 365 (1909). 



Black; antennae, pronotum, lateral margins of corium, rostrum, 

 body beneath and legs, ochraceous ; suffusions to sternum and a 

 sublateral longitudinal fascia on each side of abdomen beneath, 

 piceous black ; first joint of antennae shorter than head, second 

 joint slightly more than twice as long as first and slightly longer 

 than third ; ocelli prominent and ochraceous ; rostrum robust, 

 second joint much longer than the first ; pronotum with the 

 anterior lobe subquadrate, the anterior angles prominent but not 



