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Genus PCECILOCORIS. 



Poecilocoris, Dall. Trans. Ent. Soc. v, p. 100 (1848) ; List Hem. i, 

 p. 4 (1851) ; Stdl, Hem. Afr. ii, p. 33 (1864) ; Mayr, Raise Nov., 

 Hem. p. 17 (1866). 



Pcecilochroma, White, Trans. Ent. Soc. iii, p. 84 (1842) (nom. 

 prseocc). 



Type, P. druroii, Linn. 



Distribution. India, China, Japan, Malay Peninsula, and Malayan 

 Archipelago. 



Body ovate, convex ; head large, broad, the lateral margins 

 sinuate. Antennse of five joints ; basal joint short, robust ; 

 second shortest and most slender ; third, fourth, and fifth joints 

 each as long as the first and second joints together or longer, 

 they are also compressed, broad, and longitudinally sulcate. 

 Scutellum moderately truncate at apex. Abdomen more or less 

 distinctly sulcate beneath. 



82. Poecilocoris latus, Dall. Trans. Ent. Soc. \, p. 101. 1, pi. 13, f. 4 

 (1848) ; Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivi, p. 152 (1887) ; Stdl (Pcecilochroma), 

 En. Hem. iii, p. 12. 3 (1873). 



Ochraceous, clouded with reddish-ochraceous ; head, antennse, 

 a spot at each anterior angle of pronotum and two large spots at 

 base of same, a transverse patch at base of scutellum, a spot at 

 each basal angle and a transverse series of four spots beyond 

 middle, of which the two central are largest, lateral margins of 



Fig. 19. — Poecilocoris latus. 



corium, lateral spots to sternal segments, lateral segmental spots 

 to abdomen (sometimes absent), a spot on the last abdominal 

 segment, rostrum, and legs, black or violaceous-black ; coxae, 

 trochanters, bases of anterior and intermediate femora, and more 

 than basal half of posterior femora reddish-ochraceous. The body 

 is thickly and finely punctate, the base of the scutellum being 

 transversely rugulose. 



Length 21 ; width between pronotal angles 14 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Sibsagar. Cachar. Burma: Kareunee, 900-1100 ft. 

 {Fea). — Also found in China. 



