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17. O.VCOCEPHALUS NABOIDES. 



Mas. Testaceus, longi-fusiformis, prothoracis lobo antico vix longius ; 

 antenna nigra, pubescentes, caput, et protkorace ad unum paullo 

 longiores ; pro thorax vilta abbreviata nigra; scutellum apice com- 

 pressum; pectus antice Oispinosum ; venter carinalus; pedes graciles, 

 longiusculi, femoribus anlicis incrassatis sublus serratis, femoribus 

 quatuor posterioribus apice piceis, tibiis quatuor anterioribus fusco 

 trifasciatis ; al& anticce abdominis apicem attingentes. 



Male. Testaceous, elongate-fusiform. Head fusiform, hardly longer 

 than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part twice as long as the 

 post-ocular. Antenna; black, pubescent, a little longer than the head and 

 the prothorax together; first joint as long as the ante-ocular head ; second 

 very much longer than the first; third and fourth together a little longer 

 than the first. Prothorax with an abbreviated black stripe, and with 

 slightly acute and not prominent angles ; fore lobe much longer than the 

 hind lobe. Scutellum compressed at the tip. A short spine on each side 

 of the fore border of the pectus. Abdomen keeled beneath. Legs slender, 

 rather long ; fore femora incrassated, serrated beneath ; four posterior 

 femora piceous at the tips ; four anterior tibiae with three brown bands ; 

 hind tibia? pubescent. Fore wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. 

 Length of the body 6 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. 



Genus 2. SASTRAPADA. 

 Sastrapada, Serv. Hist. Hem. 388. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 153. 



1. Sastrapada flava. 

 flava, Serv. Hist. Hem. 388. 

 Java. 



2. Sastrapada incerta. 

 incerta, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3me Sir. viii. 968. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 152. 

 Madagascar. Bourbon. 



Div. 2. 



Harpagochares, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ah. Fork. xv. 248 ; xvi. 380 ; Hem. Afr. 

 iii. 151. 



3. SASTRArADA SPINULICEPS. 



Harpagochares spinuliceps, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. xv. 248; Hem. 

 Afr. iii. 151. 



Sierra Leone. 



