Mr. \V. L. Distant on Coreidae. 15 



fourth joints subequal in length ; ro.strum short, scarcely ex- 

 tending beyond the anterior coxte ; posterior coxse somewhat 

 obscurely spined ; posterior femora moderately incrassated, 

 obscurely spinous beneath, and with an elongate spine a little 

 beyond centre. 



Long., (J $ , 21 millini. 



JJali. British In<lia, Mungphu (Atkinson Coll., Brit. Mas.); 

 Khasia Hills {C/ienneU, Coll. Dist.). 



Allied to the preceding species, from which it differs by the 

 larger size, shorter rostrum, longer and more attenuated 

 posterior femora, different colour and markings of antennas 

 and upper surface of abdomen, &c. 



CoLPUSIN^. 



Genus SCIOPHYRUS. 



Sciophyrxis anticus. 

 Clelus anticus, Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. 196. n. 43 (1871). 



Sciophyrus crassus, 



Cletus aassus, Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. 197. n. 46 (1871). 



Genu.^ COLPURA. 



Lybas, Ball. Li?t Hem. ii. pp. 450 & 463 (1852), nom. prseocc. 

 Colpura, Bergr. (n. nom.) Rev. Ent. France, xiii. p. 154 (1894). 

 Lybastes, Kirkaldy (n. nom.). Entomologist, xxxiii. p. 240 (liiOO). 



Colpura a^itta. 

 Lybas affivtus, Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. 151. n. 8 (1871). 



Anterior angles of the pronotum rounded, unarmed ; mem- 

 brane not quite reaching the apex of the abdomen, pale 

 brown, with the veins fuscous and very distinct. 



Walker's t \ pe was unlocaiized ; I, however, possess a 

 specimen from Bantam, Java, in my own collection. 



Colpura higubris. 



Lybas luyuhris, Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. 151. n. 7 ^1871), part, (type 



a, Singapore). 

 Colpura spectilutriv, liredd. Abb. Seockenb. Ges. xxv. p. 152, t. i.v, 



tig. 6 (1900). 



Walker's type from Singapore possesses the black anterior 

 area to the membrane ; in my own collection is a specimen 

 trom Sumatra. 



