Reduviidae/rom British India. 75 



Ectomocoris apicitnaoulatus, sp. n. 



Allied to E. cordiger, Stal (Faun. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 295, 

 1904), but differing in the following- characters : — First joint 

 of antennae black or piceous, and the second joint longer than 

 anterior lobe of pronotum ; connexivum unspotted ; apices of 

 femora, tibia?, and tarsi "black or piceous ; membrane un- 

 spotted; anterior lobe of pronotum much more finely, centrally, 

 longitudinally impressed, and the pronotal coloration more 

 opaque and piceous. 



Long. 15 mm. 



Hab. S. India ; Yercand {Dr. T. V. Campbell). 



Sphedanolestes aurescens, sp. n. 



Bright shining golden yellow ; antennas, apex of head, 

 eyes and a spot behind them, apex of corium, membrane, 

 tibia?, apex and lateral margins of the penultimate abdominal 

 segment beneath, and the tarsi black; basal joint of antenna} 

 shorter than head and pronotum together, both pronotal lobes 

 centrally longitudinally sulcate; femora nodulose ; membrane 

 moderately passing the abdominal apex. 



Long. 9 mm. 



Hab. S. India ; Bangalore {Dr. T. V. Campbell) . 



Sphedanolestes aterrimus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and femora shining black ; 

 corium, membrane, and tibia? more darkly fuscous ; con- 

 nexivum above and beneath spotted with ochraceous ; antenna? 

 black, first joint (excluding base and apex) and basal area of 

 second joint ochraceous ; first joint of antenna? about as long 

 as head and pronotum together; pronotum with the anterior 

 lobe centrally longitudinally broadly sulcate, the posterior 

 lobe discally centrally excavate ; femora nodulose ; membrane 

 extending slightly beyond the abdominal apex. 



Long. 7 mm. 



Hab. S.India; Chikkaballapura {Dr. T. V. Campbell). 



Allied to S. indicus, Reut. 



Endochus albomacidatus. 



Endochus albomaculatiis, Stal, OEfv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1859, p. 194 ; Dist. 

 Faun. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 366 (1904). 



This species, already recorded from Ceylon, has now been 

 received from Dr. T. V. Campbell, who found it in S. India 



