206 APPENDIX. BEDUYIIDjE. 



antennae about as bug as anterior femora, black (remaining joints 

 mutilated in typical specimen) ; anterior lobe of pronotum centrally 

 longitudiually sulcate, posterior lobe centrally broadly impressed ; 

 pronofcum about as long as head, basal margin straight, posterior 

 angle a little broadly, roundly prominent; membrane with the 

 apical area brownish ochraceous and considerably passing the 

 abdominal apex ; femora nodulose. 



Length 9 inillim. 



Hob. " India " (Bowring, Brit. Mus.}. 



Allied to S. trichrous, Stal, a species I have not seen, but from 

 the description of which S. boivringi differs in the colour of the 

 rostrum, spots to head, and the colour and markings of the 

 abdomen beneath. 



To follow S. trichrous (vol. ii, p. 343). 



2982. Sphedanolestes himalayensis, Di s t. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, 



p. 370 (1909). 



Head above, antennae and legs black ; anteocular area of head 

 (excluding apical spot), a spot between eyes, and a longitudinal spot 

 behind the transverse impression, extreme base of head, pronotum, 

 scutellum, abdomen above and beneath, sternum and bases of 

 femora, sanguineous; head beneath, rostrum, coxae, and trochauters 

 ochraceous ; abdomen above apically and sublaterally black ; 

 corium pale brownish ochraceous with the veins darker, membrane 

 pale flavous hyaline ; head about as long as prouotum, anteocular 

 a little shorter and narrower than postocular area ; antennae with 

 the first joint as long as the anterior femora ; pronotum with the 

 anterior lobe convex, centrally longitudinally sulcate, the posterior 

 lobe centrally broadly impressed, the posterior angles broadly 

 rounded, slightly prominent ; rostrum reaching the anterior coxae, 

 its apex piceous, first joint reaching eyes, shorter than second 

 joint ; membrane considerably passing the abdominal apex ; body 

 and legs pilose, the legs and margins of connexivum longly 

 pilose. 



Length 11 millim. 



Hob. East Himalayas. 



By the sanguineous pronotum allied to the preceding species, 

 S. boivringi. 



2983. Sphedanolestes rubecula, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, p. 370 



(1909). 



Head and scutellum black ; pronotum and sternum sanguineous ; 

 abdomen beneath sordidly piceous shaded with black and with a 

 large pale basal spot ; legs black, coxae and extreme bases of 

 anterior femora sanguineous ; hemely tra pale bronzy-brown, corium 

 distinctly longitudinally grooved, membrane finely wrinkled ; head 

 about as long as pronotum, postocular area a little longer and 

 broader than anteocular area, with two prominent tubercles just 



