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Genus HYPERONCUS. 



Hyperoncus, Sttd, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 615 ; E71. Hem. iii, 

 ■p. « (1873). 



Type, H. imnctellus, Stal. A species from the Philippines. 



Distribution. India, China, and probably throughout the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



Body obovate, above very convex ; head strongly deflected, tri- 

 angular ; rostrum reaching the apex of the third abdominal 

 segment ; antennae five-jointed, first joint not reaching the apex of 

 the head ; pronotum sexangular ; mesosternum slightly sulcated ; 

 anterior margin of presternum obtusely roundly dilated towards 

 the coxae ; odoriferous apertures extending outward in a long 

 fuiTOW ; scutellum about as broad as the abdomen ; abdomen 

 beneath with a moderate central sulcation. 



79. Hyperoncus lateritius, Westw. (Sphaerocoris) m Hope, Cat. Hem. 

 i, p. 13(1837) ; Germ. (Sphferocoris) Zeitschr. i, p. 79 (1839) ; Ball. 

 (Sphaerocoris) List Hem. \, p. 10. 8 (1851) ; Stal, En. Hem. iii, 

 p. 7 (1873) ; Atk. J. A, S. B. Ivi, p. 148 (1887). 



Castaneous ; a spot at base of head, four spots in transverse 

 series across pronotum, usually twelve spots to scutellum, six at 



Hyperoncus lateritius. 



base, four across centre, and two near apex, area of the odoriferous 

 apertures, and a large central spot to abdomen, black. Thickly 

 punctate, sternum more coarsely punctate. 



Length 11 to 14 millim. 



Hab. Assam {Brit. Mus.). China : Hong Kong. 



80. Hyperoncus uniformis, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) viii, p. 60 (1901). 



Above ochraeeous ; thickly, finely, and darkly punctate, sparingly 

 covered with very minute black spots ; sternum and legs ochraeeous, 

 coarsely and darkly punctate ; abdomen brownish ochraeeous, with 

 a broad, central, ill-defined fascia, the stigmatal spots and linear 

 macular lateral margins ochraeeous ; the abdomen is also coarsely 

 punctate, much less so on central area ; rostrum ochraeeous, its 

 apical joint brownish ; antennae with the first and second joints 

 ochraeeous, their apices brownish, third and fourth joints brownish, 

 their bases ochraeeous. 



Length 11 ; width between pronotal angles 9 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon {Green), 



