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cJ. Body length, 133 mm., width, 28 mm. Head length, 16 mm., width, 18 mm. Anten- 

 nae, segment I, 27 mm., II, 24 mm., Ill and IV missing. Rostrum, segment I, 16 mm., II, 

 17 mm., Ill, o-8 mm., IV, 1-3 mm. Pronotum, length, 2-6 mm., width, 2-8 mm. Hind 

 femora and tibiae missing. Distance between ocelli, 0-5 mm., distance between an ocellus and 

 an eye, 09 mm. 



Body of medium size, brownish black. Head yellowish brown, tinged black, underside 

 yellowish brown, only clypeus, labrum and rostral segments brownish black. Antennae pale, 

 tinged brownish black. Rostrum long, extending slightly beyond third coxae. Propleuron 

 pale, tinged brown, a black line extending from collar on to anterior third of propleuron. Prono- 

 tal disc pale, tinged brown, with anterior part behind collar and posterior part from latero- 

 posterior spines brownish black ; spines on posterior angles long and sharply pointed at apices. 

 Legs pale, with apices of femora, apices of tibiae and bases of tibiae and tarsi brownish black. 

 Entire hemielytra brownish black, densely punctate. Scutellum brownish black. Abdomen, 

 dorsum pale, tinged brown, third, fourth, fifth and sixth connexiva with brownish black marks ; 

 seventh abdominal segment brownish black, abdomen veatrally pale, tinged brown, fifth and 

 sixth venter with median black triangular marks pointing posteriorly, seventh venter, visible 

 portion of eighth segment and pygophore brownish black ; no black dot or mark on ventro- 

 lateral margins of third and fourth abdominal venter. Posterior margin of seventh abdominal 

 tergum sinuately truncated, without a spine-like backward process on either side of lateral 

 extremities, concealing about two-thirds of pygophore ; pygophore rounded, curved and 

 tapering at apex, posterior margin slightly concave. (Text-fig. 469). 



o* genitalia : Claspers symmetrically placed (Text-fig. 469) ; both (dorsal and ventral) 

 thecal appendages present ; two pairs of lateral conjunctival paired appendages, second right 

 curved and bifid at apex (Text-fig. 471) ; frontal conjunctiva with a bunch of spines (about 11 

 usually) at base of first right conjunctival appendage ; aedeagus with " L " shaped dorsal 

 appendage (Text-fig. 471). 



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Holotype <$, Timor : Riksmus. Stockholm. 



05 mm. 



Figs. 469-471. Noliphus timoris, $. 469, terminalia, dorsal view ; 470, 

 claspers, inner and outer views ; 471, aedeagus (inflated), ventral view. 



