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legs, the long delicate wings and slender body give it an appearance 
like a Tipulid fly. 
with one long spine at each side of the thorax. 
Tribelocephalince.—Tribelocephala indica, Wlk., a dark brown 
species, is occasionally common at light. It is a flattened insect, about 
half an inch long. 
Stenopodince.—Sastrapada barensprungi , Stal., an elongate insect of 
dry-grass colour, is rarely found in the plains of Assam. Oncocephalus 
is represented by 0. annulipes , Stab, and other species, having the abdo¬ 
men projecting beyond the sides of the hemelytra. They are of the 
same dry-grass colour and are found at light and on plants in the fields. 
Salyavatince comprise twelve species practically confined to the hills. 
Acanthaspidince. —The pretty little Reduvius cincticrus, Rent., 
brown and yellow, represents this widespread genus in the plains. 
Acanthaspis is the large genus, with many species of whose distribution 
little is known. A. quinquespinosa, Fabr., A. flavipes, Stab, A. 
rugulosa, Stab, are widely spread and likely to be found; A. rama, Dist., 
and the small A. coranodes, Stab, are common in some localities 
