358 Mr. W. L. Distant on Reduviida^. 



lateral areas of meso- and metasterna, trochanters, central 

 and apical annulations to femora, bases of tibise, and central 

 annulations to anterior and intermediate tibia?, bluish black ; 

 connexivum with small luteous segmental spots. 



Var. — Abdomen beneath much suffused with luteous. 



First joint of antenna? about as long as head and pronotum 

 together ; pronotum centrally longitudinally sulcata, anterior 

 lobe subglobose, posterior angles rounded, subprominent, 

 suberect; lateral margins of corium moderately concavely 

 sinuate; body and legs moderately pilose, apices of the 

 femora nodulose and more prominently pilose. 



Long. 20-21 millim.j exp. pronot. angl. 4^-5 millim. 



Bab. Australia : N. and N.W. coast [Surgeon J. By) 

 Brit. Mus.). 



nice. 



Naesetes^ gen. nov. 



Head long, about as long as the head and scutellura taken 

 together, postocular portion a little longer than the ante- 

 ocular, rostrum with the second joint very long, about twice 

 as long as first ; body depressed, flat ; pronotum trans- 

 versely constricted before middle, anterior lobe centrally 

 sulcate, anterior angles obscurely tuberculous, posterior lobe 

 entire, lateral angles obscurely angulate but non-prominent, 

 posterior margin very slightly sinuate, nearly straight; 

 scutellum unarmed ; hemelytra about reaching the apex of the 

 abdomen, membrane nearly twice as long as corium ; abdo- 

 men on each side moderately dilated and compressed ; legs 

 long, tibia? about as long as femora, posterior tibise a little 

 longer ; presternum distinctly sulcated. Antennae mutilated. 



Allied to the genus Bomalosijliodrus ; differs by structure 

 of rostrum &c. 



Earsetes longinus, sp. n. 



Black, shining ; posterior lobe of pronotum and corium 

 tiiher ochraceous or greyish white; margins of abdomen 

 alove and beneath luteous or ochraceous, sometimes spotted 

 V ith black ; clavus (excluding basal area) piceous ; body and 

 logs moderately pilose, the lateral margins of head and the 

 legs longly pilose. Antenna? mutilated. 



Long. 25 millim. 



IJab. Cambodia (Brit. Mus.). India: Kliasi Hills (Coll. 

 Dist.). 



