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middle interrupted by the inground black spots, two longitudinal 

 dashes on basal outer half, the whole apical margin to the interior 

 base of cuneus and a short longitudinal streak going out from here 

 as well as apical half of cuneus and protopleura beneath, narrowly 



Fig. IdQ.Fulvidius punctatus. 



yellow ; membrane fuliginous, inside the tip of cuneus pale ; 

 antennae yellowish-brown, second joint at apex rather darker; 

 rostrum and legs brown ; apical halves of femora and apices of 

 tibiae yellow ; head about one-third shorter than pronotum with 

 the eyes scarcely narrower than front margin of same ; front only 

 a little broader than diameter of eye, in middle very shallowly 

 furrowed ; first joint of antennae about one-fourth shorter than 

 breadth of front with eyes, second joint one-fourth shorter than 

 basal margin of pronotum.'-' (Poppius.} 



" Length 4-5, lat. 2 millim." 



Hob. Burma ; Kareuni (Fea),fide Poppius. 



I have not seen this species which is stated to be founded on a 

 female specimen. I have reproduced the description and figure 

 of Poppius, between which there appear to be some slight dis- 

 crepancies. 



Genus THAUMASTOMIRIS. (Vol. II, p. 473.) 



3055. Thaumastomiris piceatus, sp. n. 



Sanguineous ; antennas, eyes, clavus (excluding base) and inner 

 area of corium (excluding base) piceous or black; membrane 

 fuliginous with the veins darker ; head vertically depressed in 

 front of eyes, strongly transversely impressed between the eyes ; 

 pronotum with a distinct anterior collar and behind which the 

 transverse callosities are prominent and medially well separated, 

 the posterior disk very finely granulate ; corium very finely and 

 indistinctly granulate and obscurely shortly pilose, the costal 



