PENTHIMTA. 241 



a' . Vertex in length equal to about half tho 

 breadth between eyes, short, transverse, 

 anteriorly convexly rounded and de- 

 pressed Pknthimia, p. 241. 



V . Vertex in length equal to about two- 

 thirds the breadth between eyes, sub- 

 elongate, anteriorly obliquely rounded 



and reflexed Neodartus, p. 246. 



h. Scutelluni about as long as vertex, its basal 

 margin only slightly longer than lateral 



margin Tambilia, p. 247. 



B. Scutellum elongate, longer than broad. 



a. Face short, broad, obliquely depressed be- 

 neath eyes ; anterior tibi;e not dilated .... IIaranga, p. 248. 

 h. Face somewhat perpendicularly deflected, 

 moderately convex ; anterior tibite strongly 

 dilated Balala, p. 250. 



Geuus PENTHIMIA. 



Penthimia, Germ. Maij. Ent. iv, p. 46 (1821 ) ; Sta.1, Hem. Afnc. iv, 

 p. 107 (18()G) ; Fieb. Rev. May. Znol. (3) iii, p. .392 (1875) ; Atkins. 

 J. A. S. B. liv, p. 112 (1885) ; Van Duzee, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi, 

 p. 287 (1894); Melick. Ilom. Faun. Ceylon, p. 161 (1903)*. 



Type, P. atra, Fabr., a Palaearctic species. 



Distrihution. Nearctic, Paltearctic, Etliiopian, Oriental, and 

 Australasian Eegions. 



"Body oval or ovate, somewhat depressed; liead obtuse, anteriorly 

 rounded ; vertex somewhat sloped, shgbtly convex before the 

 middle ; lateral margins of face somewhat distinct ; frons a httle 

 (;onvex ; clypeus flat or very shghtly convex ; eyes moderate : 

 ocelli placed on the disk of the vertex, more remote from each 

 other than from eyes ; pronotum transverse, a little narrowed 

 anteriorly, anterior margin convex ; tegmina margined at the 

 apex, valvate behind the clavus, apical areas four or five ; legs 

 moderate, femora compressed, posterior tibiae strongly spinose." 

 {Stdl.) 



2481. Penthimia melanocephala, Motsck. BuU. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi, 

 3, p. 95 (1863) ; Melich. Horn. Fatm. Ceylon, p. 162 (1903). 



Head black ; pronotum, scutellum and tegmina castaneous, 

 inner claval margin black, apex of tegmen very pale fuscous with 

 whitish and black shadings ; body beneath black, legs piceous or 

 black ; vertex punctate ; pronotum finely transversely wrinkled ; 

 scutellum punctate, the basal area somewhat obliquely depressed 



* Melichar places this genns in the TcttiyoniellmcB, from which he does not 

 separate the G-yponina. I follow Berg and Van Duzee in keeping these 

 subfamilies distinct. 



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