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APPENDIX. PENTATOMIDiE. 



basal and apical joints more or less piceous ; anterior area of 

 pronotum \^ith a double transverse series of short tubercles, tbe 

 posterior area thickly punctate ; scutellum thickly punctate, with 



Fig. 257. — Burrus spicaius. 



a discal somewhat obscure central longitudinal ridge which 

 neither reaches base nor apex, foveate on each side behind base ; 

 corium more finely punctate ; other structural characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Length 7 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4 millim, 



Hab. Bombay {BLvon). 



Subfamily CYDNIN^. (Vol. I, p. 81 .) 

 Genus CYDNUS. (Vol. I, p. 90.) 



2704. Cydiius mumba, sp. n. 



Black, shining; antennse piceous-brown, second joint longer 

 than first, a little shorter than either of the remaining joints 

 which are incrassate, the apical joint more pyriform ; head with 

 the margins spinulose, the lateral areas punctate ; pronotum finely 

 punctate, the anterior area centrally depressed, the lateral margins 

 longly testaceously spinulose; scutellum finely punctate, moderately 

 transversely ridged near base, apical area a little depressed and 

 with a distinct callosity on each lateral margin ; corium finely 

 punctate ; membrane pale castaneous ; body beneath and legs 

 black ; tibiae longly spinulose. 



Length 5^ to 6 millim. 



Eab. Bombay {Dixon). 



The distinguishing characters of this species are to be found in 

 the scutellum and in the marginal callosity on each side of the 

 apical area. 



