1889.] 



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373. EusTHENES EUKYTUS, Distant. 



Ensthenes eurytus, Dist., Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 358 (1887). 



Allied to E. liercules, Stal, but smaller, tlae pronotum mucli less 

 rounded at the antero-lateral margins, and the lateral angles even less 

 produced than in that species : antennce entirely black, except the apical 

 joint which is very narrowly ochraceous at the apex : tarsi bright ochra- 

 ceous (Dist) . Long, 86 ; exp. angl. pron. 16 mill. 



Reported from India. 



374. Edsthenes cupeetts, Westwood. 



Tessaratoma cuprea, Westwood, Hope, Cat. Hem., i. p. 27 (1837). 



Ensthenes ciipreus, Dallas, List Hem., i. p. 342 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het., 1, 

 p. 467 (18U8): Stal, En. Hem., 1, p. 71,231 (1870) ; Distant, A. M. N. H., (5 s.) iii, 

 p. 45 (1879). 



Castaneous, coppery or brassy, more or less shining; scutellum 

 black : antennas as long as half the body, first joint very minute, 2-3 joints 

 equal, fourth longer, extreme tip rnfescent ; posterior femora ( c? ) long 

 and much thickened, fiai-nished with a long spine before the middle and 

 with teeth towards the apex : pronotum and scutellum more or less deeply 

 transversely furrowed : anal apparatus in c? , formed of two lobes ; in 5 , 

 quadrilobate (Westw.) Long, 27 mill. 



Reported from Nepal, Assam, Sikkim (mihi). N. India, Penangi 

 Siam. 



Stal notes (En. Hem. i, p. 231) that in collections two species are 

 confused, one (long, 24 ; breadth of hem. 12 millims) known by its 

 smaller size, a little more shining, anterior part of pronotum and the 

 hemelytra at base olivaceous, somewhat fienescent, antennsB shorter, 

 anterior lateral margins of tho pronotum not reflexed, dorsuA of ab- 

 domen with a large shining brassy-green disc. The other species is 

 larger (long, 29 — 3.5; breadth of hem. 14| — 17| millims), less shining, 

 pronotum anteriorly more obscure, but scarcely olivaceous or senescent, 

 antennae longer, extreme part of the anterior lateral margins of the 

 pronotum very narrowly reflexed, dorsum of abdomen without a brassy- 

 green disc. The longer of these species is JJ. cupreus, Westw., and the 

 other is E. theseus, Stal. 



375. EuSTHENES THESEUS, Stal. 

 Ensthenes theseus, Stal, En. Hem., 1, p. 231 (1870). 

 Characters as noted above under JJ. ciipreus, Westw. 



