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A. First and second joints of antennce suhequal in length. 



859. Odontopus nigricornis, Stdl, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxii, p. 146 (1861) ; 



id. Bed. ent. Zeitsch: vii, p. 393 (1863) ; Dist. A. 31. N. H. (7) 



ix, p. 38 (1902). 

 Physopelta plana, Walk. Cat. Het. vi, p. 21 (1873). 

 Physopelta bimaculata, Walk. he. cit. p. 22. 



Ochraceous, reddish -ochraceous, or sanguineous ; antennae, 



transverse impressions to prono- 

 tura, basal margin of scutellum, 

 a round spot near apical angle of 

 corium, and sternal and abdo- 

 minal incisures black ; first and 

 second joints of antennae sub- 

 equal in length, third shortest, 

 transverse impressions to prono- 

 tum not laterally united by punc- 

 tures ; anterior femora finely 

 serrate beneath, and armed with 



\^ \ "^^ jl oi^e or two prominent spines. 



X^ // \ Length 16 to 22 millim. 



Hah. Bombay {Leith) ; Bor 

 Ghat {Dixon). Burma ; 3Ianda- 

 lay, Teinzo {Fea). Tenasserim ; 

 Houngdarau valley {Fea). 



Pound on the flowers of Wedelia urtiecfolia, DC., at Khandala 

 in September {R. M. Dixon). 



860. Odontopus scutellaris, Walk. Cat. Set. \, p. 178 (1872). 



Sanguineous ; second joint of antennae (excluding base), third 

 and fourth joints, eyes, constrictions to pronotum, scutellum 

 (excluding lateral margins and apex), two rounded spots to corium 

 (one near inner angle, the other near apex), apical angle of coi-ium, 

 membrane, and the abdominal marginal incisures black ; rostrum 

 reaching the posterior coxae ; first joint of antennae sparingly but 

 longly pilose ; first, second, and fourth joints subequal in length, 

 third shortest ; membrane not quite reaching apex of abdomen ; 

 tibiae and tarsi clothed with fine bristles. 



Length 15 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4^ millim. 



Hah. North Bengal {Lieut. Camphdl). 



Fig. 80. 

 Odo7itopus nigricornis. 



B. First joint of antennce a little longer than second. 



861. Odontopus varicornis, Fabr. (Cimex) Mant. Lis. ii, p. 298 

 (1787) ; id. (Lvgseus) Fnt. Syst. iv, p. 151 (1794) ; Stal, Hem. 

 Fabr. i, p. 81 (1868). 

 Stall, Pun. f. 35. 



Above purplish-red ; paler beneath ; pronotal margins, lateral 

 margins of corium (excluding apices), connexivum above and 



