CNIZOCOEIS. 



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921. Amblythjrreus rhombiventris, Westtu. Tr. E. 8. iii, p. 30, pi. ii, 

 f. 8 (1843); Handl. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xii, p. 211, f. 28 

 (1897). 



Ochraceous ; upper surface of postocular area of head, posterior 

 margin of prouotum, including lateral angles, a spot on extreme 

 abdominal dilatation and another at apex of connexivum piceous ; 

 corium and abdomen above testaceous ; membrane shining 

 cupreous ; scutellum short, broad, sinuate at base, about as long 

 as head, and almost as broad at base as long ; abdomen widely 

 dilated, obtusely angulate at its extreme dilatation, where its 

 width is considerably greater than its length ; head finely granulate ; 

 posterior ai'ea of pronotum coarsely punctate, lateral pronotal 

 angles subacute and a little posteriorly directed. 



Length 13; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim. 



Hah. " India " {Mus. Oxford). 



The type is now labelled " ex Linn. Soc. Sale." 



Genus CNIZOCORIS. 



Cnizocoris, Handl. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xii, p. 213 (1897). 



Type, C. davidi, Handl., from Tibet. 



Distribution. Oriental and Eastern Palsearctic Kegions. 



Allied to AmblytJit/reus, but with the abdomen not dilated, 

 almost elliptical, and twice as long as broad ; scutellum shorter, 

 not extending beyond a third of the abdominal length. 



922. Cnizocoris stenocephalus, Hamil. 

 A7in. Hofmus. Wien, xii, p. 214, 

 t. ix, ff. 53, 63 (1897). 



Head and antennae blackish-brown, 

 thorax yellowish-brown beneath and 

 reddish-brown above, darker in middle 

 and on margins ; margins of sternum 

 blackish in upper parts ; scutellum 

 reddish - brown ; abdomen yellowish - 

 brown beneath, black above ; con- 

 nexivum uniformly brownish ; legs 

 yellowish-brown, partly darkened ; ros- 

 trum brown. 



Length 10 millim. 



Hub. Darjeeliag (Paris Mus.). 



I have not seen the unique type, 

 but have to thank Mous. Joanny Martin, 

 of the Paris Museum, for very kiudly 

 providing me with the accompanying figure of the same. 



Fig. 109. 

 Cnizocoris stenocephalus. 



