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Genus Abpidestrophus, Stal. 



Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh., xi, p. 232 (1854) : Freg. Eng. Resa, Ins., Hem., p. 219 

 <1859) ; Ofvers. 1. c, p. 503 (1867) ; En. Hem. v, p. 34 (1876). 



Body somewhat broadly snbovate, subpubescent : head subqaa- 

 drate, rather convex, somewhat deflexed towards the apex, spinose on 

 both sides before the eyes ; jnga scarcely longer than the tylus, ob- 

 liquely truncate or sinuately truncate outwards at the apex, margins 

 obtuse : rostrum reaching the posterior coxas ; antennae as long as the 

 head and thorax together : the thorax transversely, a little sinuate 

 anteriorly, subtrancate posteriorly, sides slightly rounded, crenated : 

 scutellum as long as the abdomen but half its breadth, slightly sinuate 

 on both sides towards the base, broadly rounded at the apex : feet mo- 

 derate, basal and apical joints of tarsi equal in length, the intermediate 

 very small (Stdl). 



126. ASPIDESTROPHUS MORIO, Stal. 



Aspidestrophus morio, Stal, Ofvers. K. Y.-A. Forh. p. 232 (1854) ; Freg. Eug. 

 Resa, Ins, Hem. p. 219, t. 3, f . 1 (1859) ; Vollenhoven, Fanne Ent. I'Arch. Indo- 

 Neer. i, p. 43 (1863) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 74 (1867). Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 34 

 (1876) ; Distant, A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 44 (1879). 



Aspidestrophus lineola, Vollenhoven, 1. c. p. 44, t. 3, f . 10 (1863) : Walker, 1. c. iii, 

 p. 521 (1868). 



Black-piceous, roughly punctured, sordid ochraceous pubescent and 

 silky ; an almost apical ring on the femora and the tarsi, sordid yellow- 

 testaceous (Stal). Long, 7| ; broad, 4| mill. 



c? . Head square, rounded in front ; head and pronotum punctured, 

 of a very deep brown with a yellowish villosity, rather close : antennas 

 of the same colour : scutellum contracted obliquely on each side to- 

 wards the base, pitchy brown, with a spare punctuation on the disc, 

 closer towards the borders, weakly yellowish pilose : hemelytra of the 

 same colour, rather strongly punctured, with some short, yellowish 

 hairs towards the base of the costal border : beneath of a pitchy colour, 

 the sternum with a yellowish villosity ; abdomen punctured, sparingly 

 pilose ; each segment has a small round tubercle behind each stigma : 

 feet of the same colour as the body, except a small patch beneath almost 

 at the end of the femora, and the tarsi which are yellowish- white. 

 {Voll). Long, 74 mill. 



Reported from Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Assam. 



A. lineola, YoW. is smaller (6 mill.), of an almost black brown or 

 black and is not so pubescent. A small line on the pronotum, a semi- 

 circular subapical spot on the femora and apex of antennje, yellow. 



