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reflectina: the dark abdomen 



Fig. 21. — Geocoris tricolor. 



beneath : body beneath black ; 

 head beneath, coxae, legs, and 

 extreme lateral margins of 

 sternum and abdomen ochra- 

 ceous ; antennae black, first joint 

 (excluding apex) and the apical 

 joint ochraceous; rostrum ochra- 

 ceous ; first joint of rostrum a 

 little longer than the second : 

 above coarsely punctate, head 

 and disk of corium impunctate. 



Length 3| to 4 millim. 



Hah. Calcutta. Bangalore 

 {Cameron). Bor Ghat {Dixon). 

 Ceylon {Lewis). Burma; Bhamo 

 {Fea). 



736. Geocoris lituratus, Fieb. (Ophthalmicus) Ent. Monocjr. p. 116, 



pi. ix, f. 25 (1844) ; id. (Ophthalmicus) Wien. int. Mm. v, p. 279 

 (1861). 



Head luteous, eyes castaneous ; pronotum black, the anterior 

 and lateral margins luteous ; scutellum black ; corium luteous, 

 apical half of clavus and the apical ai'ea of corium blackish ; 

 membrane fuscous, the basal angle ochraceous : body beneath 

 and legs luteous ; antennse fuscous, the basal area of first joint 

 luteous ; rostrum luteous ; first joint of rostrum longer than 

 second : body above punctate ; head, anterior area of pronotum, 

 and disk of corium impunctate ; clavus lougitudiuall}^ punctate. 



Var. Pronotum ochraceous, with the central area blackly 

 punctate ; scutellum ochraceous, with the lateral areas blackly 

 punctate. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hab. Calcutta. Ceylon {Lewis). 



737. Geocoris splendidus, sp. u. 



Head luteous ; eyes castaneous ; pronotum and scutellum 

 black ; corium dull greyisli, with a large, subovate, marginal 

 black spot on apical area, lateral margin very narrou'ly of the 

 same colour ; membrane pale hyaline, with the disk fuscous : 

 body beneath black ; head beneath, coxae, and legs luteous ; 

 membrane fuscous, basal joint luteous ; rostrum luteous, its 

 basal joint longer than the second : coarsely punctate above, the 

 head and disk of corium impunctate ; clavus longitudinally 

 punctate. 



Length 3^ to 4 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Karennee {Fea). — Siamese Malay States. 



738. Geocoris pulvisciilatus, sp. u. 



Luteous ; the pronotum, scutellum, and corium (excluding 

 disk) coarsely darkly punctate ; eyes pale castaneous ; antennae 



