i 4 4 I- AHMAD 



coxae. Propleuron shining brownish black. Pronotal disc usually shining brownish black, 

 densely punctate posteriorly, spines on posterior angles comparatively short, thicker in middle 

 and acutely pointed at apices. Legs usually brownish black, with basal half of femora entire, 

 middle of tibiae and bases of tarsi pale. Hemielytra brownish black, with clavus and a portion 

 of corium yellowish brown, with brownish black punctures. Abdomen, dorsum yellowish brown, 

 seventh segment black, third, fourth, fifth and sixth connexiva with black spots ; abdomen 

 venter yellowish brown, with black semicircular spots on fifth and sixth venter, visible portion 

 of eighth and (pygophore) ninth usually black. Posterior margin of seventh abdominal tergum 

 truncated, only slightly convex medially, concealing about three-quarters of pygophore, with 

 very small backward spiny processes on either side ; pygophore round, tapering posteriorly 

 with emarginate posterior margin (Text-fig. 460). 



o* genitalia : Claspers symmetrically placed (Text-fig. 460), both (dorsal and ventral) pairs 

 of thecal appendages present ; two pairs of lateral conjunctival appendages, right thicker at 

 base and bifid at apex, frontal conjunctiva usually with four spiny appendages (three on one 

 side and one on the other) (Text-fig. 463) ; membranous appendage with a " V "-shaped dorsal 

 appendage, thicker at base and curved near base and apex (Text-fig. 463). 



$. Body length, 12-8-13-5 mm., width, 2-5-2-6 mm. Head length, 1-45-1-7 mm., width, 

 1-7-1-8 mm. Antennae, segment I, 2-4-2-6 mm., II, 2-2-2-5 mm., Ill, 2-4-2-7 mm., IV, 

 3-6-3-7 mm. Rostrum, segment I, 1-5-1-7 mm., II, 1-6-1-7 mm -> HI. 0-7-0-9 mm., IV, 

 1-1-1-3 mm. Pronotum, length, 2-2-2-6 mm., width, 2-1-2-5 mm. Hind femora, 5-6-6-4 mm. 

 Hind tibia, 6-7-7-2 mm. Distance between ocelli, 0-5-0-6 mm., distance between an ocellus 

 and an eye, 0-8-0-9 mm. 



Very similar to <$ in general shape and colour but usually longer, seventh abdominal sternum 

 and genital structures seen from outside usually brownish black, sometimes palish brown. 

 Posterior margin of seventh abdominal sternum sinuately emarginate, with a very short median 

 split and a short median fold, large lateral lobes on either side with a backward spiny process on 

 either side (Text-fig. 464). 



$ genitalia : First gonocoxae large, seen from above broader than long, outer margin 

 regular with lobe-like but truncated apices ; inner margin regular, convex in middle (Text-fig. 

 462) ; intervalvular sacs absent (Text-fig. 468) ; spermatheca elongated, curved in middle and 

 thicker at apex (Text-fig. 465). 



Type material. Holotype <$, Philippine Islands : with a label " Noliphus 

 erythrocephalus Stal ", Riksmus. Stockholm ; paratypes, Philippine Islands : 

 2 $ (Semper), Riksmus. Stockholm. 



Other material. Philippine Islands : 1 $ ; Celebes : 1 <$ ; Key Island : 

 1 <$ ; Solomon Islands : 1 $ ; Java : 1 3, 2 $. 



This species is very close to annulipes Walker and erythrocephalus Sta.1 but can 

 easily be separated from the former by the dark black pronotum and propleuron (in 

 annulipes these are paler) and from the latter by the two pairs of black dots on the 

 underside of the abdomen (in erythrocephalus the black marks are continuous with the 

 connexiva) . 



Noliphus timoris sp. n. 



(Text-figs. 469-471) 



Characterized by pale, tinged brownish black pronotum and propleuron with antero- 

 ventrolateral of abdomen without black marks or dots and by the form of <$ and $ 

 genitalia. 



