STECHUS. 241 



anteriorly, with a broad transverse callosity near the anterior 

 margin, the lateral margins moderately convex, anterior margin 

 subtruncate, posterior margin a little posteriorly produced at base 

 of scutellum ; scutellum moderately convex and subtriangular ; 

 corium (excluding cuneus) about twice as long as broad and a little 

 shorter than the posterior tibiae, cuneus elongately subtriangular, 

 its apex acute, the cuneal fracture distinct ; membrane longly 

 passing the abdominal apex, with a subquadrate posteriorly 

 truncate cell; legs of moderate length, femora moderately 

 thickened, the posterior femora more strongly so, tibiae spinulose. 

 posterior tarsi with first and second joints subequal in length. 



3019. Stechus libertus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 450 (1909). 



Pale olivaceous-green, inclining to ochraceous in more dried 

 specimens ; antennae black, a subapical annulation to first joint 

 and a subbasal annulation to second joint ochraceous ; eyes black ; 

 corium and cuneus more olivaceous than the head, pronotum, and 



Fig. 130. Stechus libertus 



scutellum, the clavus considerably darker, and the inner area of 

 the corium distinctly darker ; cuneus pale olivaceous with the 

 apical angle black ; membrane pale fuscous ; body beneath and 

 legs pale virescent, apical area of posterior femora fuscous brown 

 with a subapical pale annulation ; clavus and corium obscurely 

 shortly pilose ; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 5 inillim. 



Hab. Ceylon; Madulsitna (Bainbriyge-Fletcher). 



TOL. V. B 



