120 ME. W. F. KIEBY ON THE 



the whole of the under surface of the abdomen except the lateral 

 margins, black or blue-black; the tip of the rostrum and the 

 pleura are also marked with blackish. Front lobe of pronotum 

 very uneven, and with a wide groove in the middle ; hind lobe 

 very coarsely granulated, lateral margins strongly expanded, but 

 not pointed or spined. 



The head is a little shorter than in typical Sycanus. 



Putlam. 



HaEPACTOR ]SriGROElJBEE. 



Reduvius (Harpactor) nigroruber, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 406 

 (1860). 



Described from Ceylon. 



*tHAEPACTOE BICOLORATUS, Sp. n. 



Long. Corp. cum tegm. 11 millim. 



E-ed and black, hairy ; head red, the following parts black : — the 

 antennae, rostrum above, and last joint, a central streak running 

 backwards from the rostrum and diminishing between the eyes to 

 a mere line, but followed by a broad band covering the whole of 

 the occiput except a narrow lateral line ; there is also a slender 

 black line running backwards on the sides of the head behind 

 each eye. Thorax red ; all the sutures, the greater part of the 

 front of the hinder lobe of the pronotum, except at the margins, 

 and a great part of the pleura and pectus, black ; legs black, coxae 

 red, marked with a black spot. Scutellum black, the apex red. 

 Tegmina blue-black, iridescent ; the costa of the corium broadly 

 red. Abdomen red, the sutures on the ventral surface rather 

 broadly black, and a black central line on the terminal segment 

 beneath. 



Probably allied to Sarpactor nigroruber, Dohrn. 



Hambantotta. 



Haepactoe soedidepennis. 



Reduvius (Harpactor) sordidepennis, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 406 

 n. 80 (1860). 



Described from Ceylon. 



*tHAEPACTOE OBSCUEUS, Sp. U. 



Long. Corp. 9-10 millim. 



Dull brown, with a slight aeneous shade, especially on the teg- 

 mina ; under surface darker ; basal joint of antennae and hind 



