1886.] E. T. Atkinson — On the JSomopterous Family Coccidae. 293 



7. Adult ? with 11- jointed antennae ; anal tubercles wanting or 

 obsolete : no rostrum but merely an aesophageal opening ; — Gcelostoma, 

 Maskell [Trans. New Zeal. Inst, xii, p. 294, 1880]. 



Genus Monophlebus, Leach, Sign. 



Monophlehus, Leach : Westwood, Arc. Ent. i, p. 22 (1845) ; Walker, List Horn. 

 B. M. iv, p. 1088 (1851) : Sign., A. S. E. F. (5 ser.) v, p. 363 (1875). 



Species in which the 9 has eleven joints in the antennae and the 

 S but ten : eyes reticulated : no digitules on the tarsi or claws, the 

 lateral margins of the abdomen in ^ with tubular rounded appendages 

 [not plates] : antennee in ? conical, moniliform, with a very short pu- 

 bescence. ^ with wings having a single vein which bifurcates sending 

 out one branch which follows the costal margin and another which 

 trends towards the middle of the internal margin but does not reach it. 



Monophlebus ateipennis, Klug. 



Monophlehus atripennis, King, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii, (i) p. 80 (1835) : West- 

 wood, Arc. Ent. i, p. 22 (1845) : Walker, List. Horn. B. M. iv, p. 1088 (1851) : Sign., 

 A. S. E. F. (5 ser.) v, p. 364 (1875). 



Adult <? fuscous-black : abdomen, scutellum and base of wings 

 obscurely coccineous, with a somewhat frosted white appearance : 

 antennae longer than the body, very hairy : wings piceous, with two 

 hyaline-white lines : abdomen flat, hairy, incisions between the seg- 

 ments deep, and two flesh coloured, apical, hairy (a millim. long) 

 appendages (Westw.). Body long, 7J millims. 



Reported from India, Java. 



Monophlebus dubius, Fabr. 



Chironomus duhius, Fabr., Syst. Antliat. p. 46. 



Monophlehus fahricii, Westw., Arc. Ent. i, p. 22 (1845) : Sign., A. S. E. F. 

 (5 ser.) V, p. 365 (1875). 



Monophlehus duhius, Walker, List Horn. B. M. iv, p. 1088 (1851). 



Adult <J , deep black, shining, margin sanguineous : abdomen 

 black ; apex flat, bifid, rufous ; lobes with three elongate porrect hairs : 

 wings deep black, with two hyaline- white lines : feet black (Westw.). 



Reported from Sumatra. 



Monophlebus leachii, Westwood. 



Monophlehus leachii, Westw., Zool. Journ. ii, p. 452 : Arc. Ent. i, p. 22, 

 t. 6, f. 1 (1845) : Walker, List Horn. B. M. iv, p. 1089 (1851) : Sign., A. S, E. F. 

 (5 ser.) V, p. 365, t. 9, f. 5, 5a (1875). 



