LYGIDiE. 449 



obsolete ; apex very narrowly brown ; tarsi pale brownish-yellow ; 

 apex of the 3rd joint, and claws, brown. 



Length, 1~ line. 



Somewhat common from July to September, by beating various 

 trees ; also upon Pterls aquilina in woods. 



Genus 3. — Liocoris, Fieb. 



Short, oval. 



Head short, vertical in front, twice as broad across the eyes as 

 long ; Crown convex, deflected to the base of the clypeus ; CJypeus 

 convex, base level with the anterior margin of the eyes, apex and 

 short antenniferous processes in a line with the middle of the lower 

 half of the eyes ; Face ; central lobe long, convex ; side lobes short, 

 narrow, slightly rounded outwardly. Antennce shorter than the 

 body ; 1st joint somewhat cylindrical, as long as the head ; 2nd 

 thickened to the apex, 2^- times as long as the 1st; 3rd and 4th 

 filiform, together a little longer than the 2nd, 3rd a little longer than 

 the 4tli. Eyes large, prominent, viewed from above hemispherical, 

 from the side longish oval. Rostrum reaching to beyond the 3rd 

 pair of coxse ; 1st joint reaching to the end of the xyphus of the 

 prosternum. 



Thorax. — Pronotuvi trapeziform, 1\ time as broad across the 

 posterior margin as long, with a collar and 2 callosities in front ; 

 anterior margin straight, constricted ; sides almost straight, rounded 

 to the constriction ; hinder angles short, rounded ; posterior margin 

 convex, indented in the middle; disk convex, deflected to the head. 

 Scutellum convex, triangular, raised above clavus, with a transverse 

 channel near the base, the basal portion concealed beneath the 

 posterior margin of the pronotum. Elytra horizontal, cuneus and 

 membrane -considerably deflected ; Clavus flattish convex, deflected 

 to the corium ; Corium flattish convex, flat at the base between the 

 claval suture and 1st nerve ; Cuneus triangular, the anterior margin 

 longer than the base. Sternum : Prosternum ; xyphus triangular, 

 pointed, sides convex, reflexed ; Mesosternum short, convex, elevated 

 posteriorly ; posterior margin convex, faintly indented in the middle ; 

 Met aster 7ium ; centre broad, obtuse-angled, with a callosity in the 

 centre. Legs; tarsi somewhat long, 2nd joint of 3rd pair a little 

 longer than the 3rd. 



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