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APPENDIX. PENTATOMIDjE. 



process placed between the intermediate and posterior coxae and 

 which is ahuost connected with another process situate between 

 the anterior and intermediate coxce. 



2737. Empysurvis depressus, Martin, Bull Mm. Park, 1904, p. 316, 



Dull ochraceous with a slight olivaceous tint ; outer margins 



of the lateral lobes paler 

 ochraceous before which is a 

 slijifhtly piceous margin; pro- 

 notum more or less piceous 

 at basal margin ; scutellum 

 rather brighter and paler in 

 hue; connexiA'um pale testa- 

 ceous ; antennae somewhat 

 discoloured and darker in 

 hue, joints as described in 

 generic diagnosis ; above very 

 thickly and finely punctate; 

 membrane not quite reaching 

 apex of abdomen : body 

 beneath more finely and indistinctly punctate than above ; other 

 characters as described in generic diagnosis. 



Lengtli 2o to 26 ; breadth between pronotal angles 12 

 millim. 



JIab. S. India; " Mt. Kodlkanel and Trichinopoly " (Jide 

 Martin). 



I am indebted to the kindness of Prof. Bouvier for the oppor- 

 tunity of figuring this species, wiiich was described by our late 

 colleague Joanny Martin. 



Fig. 271. — Eiiipysurus de^jressiis. 



2738. Empysurus johni, Oshan. (Mussatira) Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. 

 Imp. Sci. St. Petcrsb. xii, p. 416 (1907j. 



" Body bare, above thickly and finely punctate, especially the 

 hemelytra, but the scutellum is rather coarser and not so closely 

 punctate ; antennae yellowish-brown, joints cylindrical, only the 

 fourth joiut somewhat depx-essed and provided with a slight gutta, 

 fourth and whole of fifth very shortly bristled ; sides of head very 

 slightly expanded ; pronotum in middle of front border expanded, 

 front lateral borders outwardly bent, lateral angles rounded off, 

 posterior angles very obtuse, posterior margui nearly straight ; 

 scutellum in basal angles with a non-punctate flat smooth triangle, 

 the part behind frena almost quadrate, more sparingly punctate 

 than rest of surface ; opaque part of base of membrane narrow, 

 olive-green ; membrane vitreous, uucoloured, the veins at the 

 base iu the chitinous part of membrane indistinct, and conse- 

 quently the question as to their origin cannot be answered, 

 although the presence of small meshes on the border of the 



