362 Mr. W. L. Distant on Reduviidse. 



spinouslj produced ; connexiviim centrally prominently 

 angularly ampliated ; membrane considerably passing the 

 abdominal apex. 



Long. 12^-13 millim. 



Hah. New Guinea {Wallace, Brit. Mus.)- 



Paloptus suIpJiureUus, sp, n. 



Liiteous ; antenna3, apices of anterior and intermediate 

 femora, apical halves of posterior femora, and apex of scutel- 

 lum black ; basal joint of antennae as long as head and 

 pronotum ; head a little shorter than pronotum ; anterior 

 pronotal lobe sculptured, longitudinally impressed, posterior 

 lobe with four long spines (two forming the lateral angles 

 and two erect, discal) near posterior margin ; abdomen mode- 

 rately angularly ampliated at lateral margins of fourth and 

 fifth abdominal segments. 



Long. 12^ millim. 



Uab. New Guinea {Wallace, Brit. Mus.). 



Paloptus molochinusy sp. n. 



Dull ochraceous ; apices of the femora and the abdomen 

 beneath piceou? ; lateral margins of the abdomen luteous ; 

 antennee reddish ochraceous, apex of the first joint and the 

 whole of the remaining joints fuscous. Basal joint of an- 

 tennse about as long as head and pronotum together ; anterior 

 lobe of pronotum sculptured, centrally sulcate, posterior lobe 

 smooth, with four long spines (two long, forming the lateral 

 spines, and two erect, discal) near posterior margin ; scutel- 

 lum posteriorly, laterally, spinously produced ; fourth to fifth 

 abdominal segments angularly dilated at lateral margins. 



Long. 13 millim. 



Bah. Malayan Archipelago : AVaigiou ( Wallace, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Pristhesancus variabilis, sp. n. 



Ochraceous; head, basal joint of rostrum, and legs (ex- 

 cluding coxse and trochanters) black ; first joint of antennje 

 and rostrum (excluding basal joint) castaneous ; apex of first 

 joint of antenna? and the remaining joints piceous ; membrane 

 shining ochraceous. 



Var. — Apex of head, basal joint of rostrum, and bases of 

 femora ochraceous ; clavus, apical angles of corium, and 

 sternum piceous ; basal joint of antennje about as long as 

 head, pronotum, and scutellum; anterior lobe of pronotum 

 with two rather long conical spines, posterior lobe with the 



