Mr. W. L. Distant on Reduviidse. 359 



Arcesius annulatus. 



sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, rostrum, and antennee luteous ; head 

 behind ejes (not reaching base), base and apex of first 

 antennal joint, whole of second joint and extreme apex of 

 third, and the basal joint of rostrum black, between antennas 

 and eyes the head is brownish ochraceous; scutellum ochra- 

 ceous, black at apex j corium purplish brown ; membrane 

 dull ochraceous ; body beneath dull ochi-aceous ; sternum 

 brownish ochraceous; legs black j coxse, anterior femora 

 beneath (excluding apex), a subapical annulation to inter- 

 mediate femora, biannulations to posterior femora, and about 

 apical halves of tibise luteous or ochraceous. Head about as 

 long or very slightly longer than pronotum ; first joint of 

 antennae about as long as head and anterior pronotal lobe 

 together ; legs longly pilose ; posterior pronotal lobe with 

 two discal obtuse tuberculous spines. 



Long., cJ 20 millim. 



Hah. New Guinea ( Wallace^ Brit. Mus.). 



Agriolestes melanopterus, sp. n. 



Black, shining ; basal joint of rostrum, head beneath and 

 lateral margins in front of eyes, anterior lobe of pronotum 

 (excepting black reticulate markings), subapical annulation 

 to femora, underside of basal half of anterior femora, coxse, 

 trochanters, apex of abdomen, and the last two segments of 

 connexivum ochraceous or reddish ochraceous. Body and 

 legs pilose; first joint of antennse about as long as head, the 

 ante- and postocular portions of which are about equal in 

 length ; abdomen on each side moderately and somewhat 

 lobately dihited. 



Long. 28 millim. 



IJah. Upper Burma (Col. Bingham, Brit. Mus.). 



Bicolla femoralis, sp. n. 



Brownish ochraceous; abdomen beneath ochraceous; an- 

 tennas, antennal spines to head, spines to pronotum, abdominal 

 marginal spines, and legs black ; bases of femora stramineous, 

 apices of femora, bases of tibige, and head reddish ochraceous ; 

 central carina and apex of scutellum dull ochraceous ; veins 

 to corium greyish white ; basal joint of antennas about as 

 long as posterior femora ; spines at base of antennse long, 

 divergent ; anterior lobe of pronotum centrally deeply sulcate ; 



