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B. Second joint of antenna' a little shorter than the first. 



835. Iphita grandis, sp. n. 

 Black ; lateral margins of pronotum and corium, apex of 



scutellum, lateral margins of sternum and abdomen, anterior 

 margin of presternum, posterior margin of metasternum, coxae, 

 trochanters, and bases of femora reddish-ochraeeous ; fourth joint of 

 antennae greyish brown, its apical area luteous : second joint of 

 antennae a little shorter than the first ; pronotum transversely 

 impressed a little before centre. 



Length 25 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya (Grree/i). 



Genus PHYSOPELTA. 



Physopelta, Amy. S,- Serv. Hem. p. 271 (1843) ; Stal, Hem. Afr. iii, 

 p. -l (1865) ; id. En. Hem. i, pp. 91 & 99 (1870). 



Type, P. albofasciata, de Greer, a Javan species. 



Distribution. Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian Regions ; also 

 received from China. 



Differing principally from the previous genus (Iphita) by the 

 anterior convex area oF the pronotum reaching the anterior 

 margin, and the lateral pronotal margins being much less 

 reflexed. 



836. Physopelta gutta, Burm. (Pyrrhocoris) Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. 



xvi, Suppl. p. 300, pi. xli, f. 10 (1834) ; id. Handh. ii, 1, p. 285 

 (1835) ; St&l, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. vii, p. 391 (1863). 

 Physopelta bimaculata, Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1855, p. 186. 



Dull reddish-ochraeeous ; an- 

 tennae, large basal spot to head, 

 pronotum (excluding margins), 

 scutellum, and basal area of 

 corium fuscous ; a discal rounded 

 spot and apical angles of corium 

 and the membrane black ; rostrum, 

 sternum, legs, abdominal incisux'es 

 and three sublateral spots fuscous ; 

 lateral margins of the prosternum, 

 base of first joint of antennae, 

 basal angle of membrane, coxae, 

 trochanters and femora beneath 

 dull reddish-ochraeeous : body pi- 

 lose ; base of apical joint of an- 

 tennae ochraceous. 



Length 15 to 17 millim. 

 Hab. Assam ; Margherita (Dohert)/), North Khasi Hills {Chen- 



nell). Ceylon {Green). Burma ; Bhamo (Fea). Tenasserim ; 



Myitta {Dohert f/). — Also recorded from J ai^an {Lewis), W. Yunnan, 



and Sumatra. 



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Fig. 75. —Phi/sopelta gutta. 



