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264. CoMPASTES BOUTANicus, Dallas. 



Cimex ? houtanicus, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soc. v, p. 190, t. 39, f. 4 (1849). 

 Compastes boutanicus, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 107 (1876). 



2 . Body ovate, above brown, obscure, thickly and strongly rugose- 

 ly punctulate : head rather thickly punctured, nearly as broad in front 

 as behind, and with the anterior margin strongly notched ; slightly 

 wrinkled posteriorly : eyes pitchy ; ocelli yellowish : pronotura with the 

 enlarged lateral angles considerably directed forwards, with five teeth 

 at their apex, of which the third and fourth from the front are rounded, 

 the others acute : a strong spine at each anterior angle of the pronotuni, 

 immediately behind the eyes, and the antero-lateral margins are strongly 

 serrated : scutellum rather elongated, narrower towards the apex, which 

 is less punctured than the rest of the body and margined with yellow- 

 ish : hemelytra rather paler than the rest of the surface, thickly and 

 coarsely punctured, and somewhat rugose ; membrane brown : the sides 

 of the abdomen scarcely project beyond the hemelytra : abdomen be- 

 neath reddish-brown, smooth, impunctate : pectus paler with numerous 

 scattered black punctures which are larger and closer together on the 

 prostethium : a large dull wrinkled patch on each side of themeta- and 

 meso-stethium : coxae smooth ; legs yellowish brown, mottled with reddish- 

 brown ; the 2-jointed tarsi are rather paler : antennae pale yellowish- 

 brown, the basal joint and the others at base and apex, paler : rostrum 

 pale brown with the apex darker and the tip of the basal joint, pitchy 

 black (Dallas). Body long, including membrane,. 20 mill. 



Reported from Sikkim (mihi). 



265. Compastes truncatus, Distant. 

 Compastes truncatus^ Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 351, t. 12, f. 10 (1887). 

 Brownish-ochraceous, covered with coarse and darker punctures ; 

 connexivum luteous, with blackish spots at bases and apices of sutures : 

 membrane brownish, veins darker : 1 — 3 joints of antennae brownish, 

 minutely darker at the apices ; second joint longer than the third : 

 pronotum with lateral margins obtusely crenulate, the lateral angles 

 produced into broad and apically truncated spines : body beneath and 

 legs ochraceous, punctured with brownish : rostrum ochreous, apex 

 pitchy, extending to second abdominal segment : ventral spine reaching 

 intermediate coxae (Dist.). Long, 16; exp. angl. pron. 10 mill. 

 Reported from Sikkim (mihi). 



266. Compastes spinostjs. Distant. 

 Compastes spinosus, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 351, t. 12, f. 11 (1887). 

 Above brownish, coarsely and darkly punctate : pronotum rugulose, 



