PHLEGTAS. 



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749. Hyginus signifer, Walk. (Heterogaster) Cat. Het. v, p. 74 

 (1872) Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) viii, p. 472 (1901). 



Head, anterior lobe of pro- 

 notum, base of scutellum, 

 and sternum black ; abdomen 

 beneath piceous ; posterior 

 pronotal lobe, scutellum, and 

 corium brownish-ochraceous ; 

 membrane subhyaline, piceous 

 on apical area ; legs, rostrum, 

 and antennae stramineous ; 

 second, third, and fourth joints 

 of antennae piceous with their 

 bases stramineous ; head, pro- 

 notum, scutellum, and sternum 

 thickly and coarsely punctate; 

 central carination to scutellum 

 stramineous, levigate ; coi'ium 



sparingly punctate, its extreme lateral margins luteous ; body 



finely pilose, legs strongly pilose. 

 Length 7 millim. 

 Hah. Ceylon ; Tangalla {Green). 



Fig. 28. — Hyginus signifer. 



Subfamily VII. PACHYGRONTHIN.E. 



In the Pachygronthinse the anterior femora are much incrassated 

 and spined beneath, the rostrum short and not extending beyond, 

 or only slightly beyond, the anterior coxae. 



A small subfamily, comprising fewer than a dozen genera, and 

 very widely distributed. Only two are at present known from 

 British India. 



Synopsis of Getiera. 



A. First joint of antennae very short, not 



reaching apex of head ; scutellum 



nearly equilateral Phlegyas, p, 39. 



B. First joint of antennte very long, longer 



than any of the other joints ; scutellum 



a little longer than broad Pachygeontha, p. 40. 



Genus PHLEGYAS. 



Phlegyas, Stdl, Hem. Afr. ii, p. 145 (1865) ; id. En. Hem. iv, p. 138 



(1874). 

 Helenotus, Uhler, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geoy. Surv. v, p. 312 (1876). 

 Peliopelta, Ukk)-, Check-List Hem. Het. N. Am. p. 15 (1886). 

 Helonotocoris, Leth. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen, 1888, p. 463. 



Type, P. annulicrus, Stal, a North-American species. 

 Distribution. Nearctic, Neotropical, and Oriental Eegions. 



