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black, with a small ochraceous spot at each basal angle ; clavus 

 and corium fuscous, largely and somewhat densely mottled with 

 pale ochraceous ; cuneus fuscous, its basal area greyish, the extreme 

 apex .pale ochraceous ; membrane pale fuscous with large greyish 

 suffusions ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, a sublateral piceous 

 fascia on each side of sternum, and a similar but narrower and 

 more obscure fascia on each side of abdomen ; all the femora and 

 tibiae annulated with fuscous ; head in front of eyes transversely 

 striate, the eyes slightly projecting beyond the anterior margin 

 of the pronotum ; other structural characters as in generic 

 diagnosis. 



Length 8| millim. 



Hab. Simla. 



Genus TANCREDUS. 



Tancredus, Dist. vol. ii, p. 430 (1904). 



Indcelum, Kirk. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxxii, p. 138 (1906). 



TANCBEDUS SANDABACATUS. (Vol. II, p. 430.) 



Var. a. Pronotum concolorous, pale stramineous ; lateral 

 sanguineous fasciae absent. 



Var. 6. Body entirely pale stramineous ; all the sanguineous 

 markings absent. 



Add : Hob. Bombay (DLvon). Calcutta. 



TANCBEDUS EUBEICATUS. (Megaccelum rubricatum, Vol. II, p. 429.) 



Indoelum rubricatum, Kirk. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxxii, p. 138 

 (1906). 



Var. Lateral areas of pronotum concolorous, not fuscous, the 

 fuscous coloration only appearing as a small spot at the posterior 

 pronotal angles ; all the sanguineous coloration much paler, almost 

 obsolete. 



Add: Hab. Travancore. Ceylon; Madulsiina (Fletcher). 



Genus STECHUS. 



(To be placed near Tancredus, Vol. II, p. 430.) 

 Stechus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 449 (1909). 



Type, 8. libertus, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Head a little longer than broad, moderately deflected anteriorly, 

 finely longitudinally sulcate between the eyes, which are very 

 large and project beyond the anterior margin of the pronotum ; 

 antennae with the first joint about as long as head and only slightly 

 thickened, second joint three times as long as first and half as long 

 again as third ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotum 

 much broader than long, moderately convex and deflected 



