GONYCENTBUM. 



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elytra with the margins of the areolets almost piceous near basal 

 lateral margin and from centre to apex ; legs obscure creamy- 

 white ; extreme apices of femora fuscous. 



Length 3^ milliin, 



Hah. Burma ; Kaugoon. 



Genus GONYCENTRUM. 



Teleia, Fieher, Ent. Monogr. pp. 29 & 55 (1844) ; Stal, En. Hem. 



iii, p. 117 (1873), uom. prseocc. 

 Gonycentrum, Bergr. Wien. ent. Zeit. xvii, p. 9 (1898). 



Type, G. coronatum, Fieb. 



Distribution. At present only known from British India.* 

 Head rather long, triangular with a beak-shaped point ; 

 antennae inserted at about the middle of the lateral sides of the 

 head ; rostrum extending beyond the posterior coxae ; pronotum 

 trapeziform; scutellum and clavus distinct, uncovered; hemelytra 

 reticulated, with the areas distinct ; vertex of head passing in a 

 curve into the obliquely lying front, which is set ^\'ith short erect 

 spines, basal area of head very convex ; rostrum 4-jointed, first, 

 second, and third joints of nearly equal length, fourth longest ; 

 antennae with the basal joint conically incrassate, second scarcely 

 half as long and almost globular, third longest, fourth about one- 

 third as long as third joint ; pronotum concavely sinuate at base 

 of head, posterior margin nearly straight ; apices of femora above 

 produced in a short spine. 



888. Gony centrum coronatum, i<Ye^»(?r(Teleia),^?if.iIfo?«o^r. p. 56, pi. iv, 



If. ■26-32 (1844) ; iStal (Teleia), En. Hein. iii, p. 117 (1873). 



Greyish-yellow ; basal area of head with 

 two long contiguous spines ; elliptical ; 

 head blackish-brown, punctured, lateral 

 areas whitish, with two series of small 

 irregular areolets ; pronotum with the 

 anterior angles obtusely angulated, an- 

 terior margin deeply concavely sinuate ; 

 scutellum small, triangular, greyish-white ; 

 hemelytra dull grey; abdomen brown, apex 

 pale brown ; femora brown, yellowish at 

 base ; tibiae brownish-yellow. 



Length 2| millim. 



Hub. " East India " {Heifer). 



I have not seen this species, but have 

 reproduced Fieber's figure, and endeavoured 

 to quote the salient points of his description. 



Fig. 89. 



Gonycentrum coronatum. 



* Bergroth (Ann. Soc. Ent, Belg. viii, p. 297, 1903) has proposed the incor- 

 poration ill this genus of some African species described by myself in tiie genus 

 Phatnoma ; but this is clearly incorrect, as the characters are nearer those of 

 Fhatnomu, on account of the presence of raised transverse lines to the elytra. 

 I have since founded a new genus {Sinalda) for their reception. 



