ALPHOCOEIS. 



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rouudecl along the hind border, angular on each side, contracted 



in front ; two slight and 

 interrupted black lines ; a 

 transverse lanceolate ferru- 

 ginous-bordered mark on 

 each side near the fore 

 border. Scutellum with a 

 short longitudinal streak on 

 each side, composed of 

 minute black speckles. '* 

 (WaU-er.) 



Length 9 millim. 



Ifab. " Hiudostan " (Brit, 

 Mm.). 

 No more precise locality for the unique type has been obtained. 



Fig. 29. — Beroplax diffuse 



Division ODONTOTARSARIA. 



Odontotarsaria, Stdl, En. Hem. ill, p. 4 (1873). 



Head as long as broad or longer ; anterior lateral margins of the 

 pronotum not or very slightly rounded; orifices not distinguishable; 

 second joint of antennae straight. 



Genus ALPHOCORIS. 



Alphocoris, Germ. Zeitschr. i, p. 58 (1839) ; Dall. List Hem. i, p. 6 

 (1851) ; St&l, Hem. Afr. i. pp. 35 & 60 (1864).] 



Type, A. Uxoides, Germ. 



Distribution. Throughout Africa ; North India. 

 Generic characters as diagnosed above {Odontotarsaria) and as 

 shown in figure below. 



125. Alphocoris lixoides, Germ. Zeitschr. i, p. 59. 1, t. 1. f. 3 (1839). 



Ochraceous ; lateral areas and 

 apex of head, four longitudinal 

 fasciae, two on each lateral area, 

 crossing pronotum and scutellum, 

 and two central lines to scutellum 

 piceous : body beneath and legs 

 piceous, thickly greyishly tomen- 

 tose, lateral margins of sternum 

 and abdomen more or less ochra- 

 ceous ; antennae, rostrum, and tarsi 

 ochraceous. 



Length 8 to S| ; breadth between 

 pronotal angles 2| millim. 

 Bombay ; Khandala (Dixon). 

 r2 



Fig. 30. — Alphocoris lixoides. 

 Hah. North Lidia (Boys). 



