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a little behind it, the lateral areas broadly obtusely angulate, their 

 margins somewhat irregular aud shortly setose ; on the anterior 

 disk a transverse series of three prominent nodules behind which 

 is a transverse impression, between which and the basal margin arc 

 some curved longitudinal carinations, the most prominent of whicli 

 are three on each side of middle ; scutellum with the anterior and 

 anterior lateral margins irregularly gibbous, the apex in appear- 

 ance somewhat detached ; corium sparsely and irregularly granulate, 

 the interior area less prominently so, the lateral margins irregular 

 and with short setose tufts, near base much more distinctly 

 sinuate, the apical area before membrane somewhat broadly 

 fuscous ; membrane pale fuscous, scarcely passing abdominal apex ; 

 transversely and somewhat furcately veined ; body beneath thickly, 

 somewhat ochraceously pubescent ; abdomen on each side with a 

 sublateral segmental series of dark castaneous spots visible by the 

 absence of pubescence ; legs castaneous, apices of the femora and 

 tibiae black, anterior femora very robust aud with a short spine 

 near base of anterior margin, intermediate and posterior legs 

 shortly setose, posterior tibite mutilated in typical specimen. 



Length 9 millim. ; breadth of pronotum 6| millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Sibsagar {Coll. Dist.). 



3086. Mononyx turgidulus, sp. u. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum more or less dark greyishly 

 pubescent ; hemelytra pitchy black ; connexivum greenish 

 ochraceous, with subquadrate piceous segmental spots ; head 

 between eyes about twice as broad as long, anterior margin shortly 

 setose and with two short obscure spines at middle ; eyes a little 



Fig. 175. — Moncnyx turgidulus. 



recurved, brownish ochraceous, above interiorly fuscous ; pronotum 

 with the anterior and posterior margins subequal in breadth, the 

 lateral margins moderately, subtruncately produced, the anterior 

 disk moderately gibbous, but not prominently nodulose, finely 

 granulose as seen between the pubescence, transversely impressed 



