296 APPENDIX. ANTHOCORIDYi:. 



rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae, first joint reaching base 

 of head; legs finely hirsute, anterior femora strongly thickened. 



3071. Septicius clarus, sp . n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum shining black, apical area of 

 head somewhat dark castaneous ; antenna; more or less pitchy 

 brown ; pronotum obscurely finely palely pilose ; hemelytra' sub- 

 hyaline, shaded with dark greyish and sparsely finely pilose ; 



Fig. 164. Septichis clarus. 



about basal half of embolium pale, neither shaded nor pilose; 

 membrane pale, inner apical margins of clavus and outer and 

 posterior margins of cuneus narrowly darker ; body beneath 

 black, rostrum and legs ochraceous, femora (excluding bases and 

 apices) pitchy brown ; other structural characters as in generic 

 diagnosis. 



Length 3 niillim. 



Hob. Calcutta. 



Genus ARNULPHUS. (Vol. Ill, p. 3.) 

 Anthocoris, Popp. (nee Fall.) Wien. ent. Zeit. xxix, p. 139 (1910). 



ARNULPHUS ATERRIMUS, Dist. (Vol. Ill, p. 3.) 



Anthocoris aterrimus, Popp. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxix, p. 139 (1910). 



Poppius appears to have created the above synonymy without 

 adequate reason. I submit the figure of A. aterrimus (vol. iii, 



