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robusli, tibiis poslicis liilro uiiiiiKiculalls subliin iuiideiil<il>.\, libiis 

 quatuor aiitciioribux (arsisqiie luteis ; metnbrana busi ulra. 

 Crinocerus poiiderosus, Walk. List Ci'ylon Ins. 



Male and female. Dark brdwn, in colour and stmcture like A. 

 scabralor. First joint of llie atitcnniE hartily shorter than the second; 

 tliird shorter than the second, luteous at the base; fourth luleous, very 

 much shorter than the thiid. Prolhorax finely scabrous; sides very 

 slightly undulating ; hind part dilated; hind angles rectangular. Alido- 

 nien with luteous spots along each side; disk red. Femora minutely 

 lulierculate. Hind lemora much incrassated, dentate beneath. Hind 

 til)iaB slightly widened and with a luleous spot before the middle, with a 

 toolh beneath beyond the middle. Tarsi and four anterior lihi;e luteous. 

 j\Iembrane of the fore wings deep black towards the base. Length of the 

 body 6 lines. 

 a — h. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templelon. 



Genus?. PFTALOCNEMIS. 

 Pelalocuemis, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1853, '259. Hem. Afr. ii. 58. 



A. Rostrum extending between the middle coxae; second 



joint longer by half than the third. Antennae 

 shorter than the body by nearly a third. Hind 

 tibiae somewhat longer than the iiind femora. - spiuulosa. 



B. Rostrum hardly extending beyond the fore coxae; 



second and third joints nearly equally long. 

 Antennae shorter than the body by half or by more 

 than half. Hind tibiae hardly longer than the hind 

 femora. 



a. Body biistly. Sides of the prothorax widened into a 



short process in front of the posterior angles, denticulata, sabulosa. 



b. Sides of the prothorax with no lobes. - - pachycera. 



1. Pktalocnemis spinulosa. 



Acantliocoris spinulosus, .S7rt/, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1858, 316 — Petaloc- 

 nemis spinulosa, Slal, IJein. Afr. ii. 58. 



South Africa. 



1. Petalocnemis denticulata. 

 Acauthocoris denticulatus, Slnl, Ofv. K. V. Ak. For/i. 1855, 32— Petaloc- 

 nemis denticulata, Slal, Hem. Afr. ii. 59. 

 Caffraria. 



3. Petalocnemis sabulosa. 

 sabulosa, Stal, Hern. Afr. ii. 60. 

 Caflfraria. 



