BRACHYCBROCORIS. 



71 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Body convex, more or less o-ibbous. 



a. Prouotum and scutelluiu tuberciilate .... 



b. Pronotnui and scutelluni not tuberculate . . 



B. Body neither gibbous nor prominently convex. 



a. Lateral lobes of head not meeting in front 



of central lobe. 



a. Lateral lobes of head not narrowed ante- 



riorly. 

 a'. Lateral lobes of head dilated, divergent. 

 //. Lateral lobes of head not dilated .... 



b. Lateral lobes of head narrowed ante- 



riorly 



b. Lateral lobes of head meeting in front of 



central lobe. 



a. Head plain, lateral lobes not tumescent. . 



b. Lateral lobes of head tumescent 



[p. 71. 



BRACHYCEROCORia, 

 EOBANUS, p. 72. 



SrORTHECORIS, p. 77. 

 PODOTS, p. 72. 



AlIAUROPEPLA, p. 78. 



Melanophara, p. 79. 



ASPIDESTROPHUS, 



[p. 80. 



Genus BRACHYCEROCORIS. 



Bracliycerocoris, Costa, Rend. Ac. Napl. (2) viii, p. 191 (1863) ; 



Stai, bfv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 18G7, p. 502. 

 Teucrus, Stal, Ann. Soc. Enf. Fr. 1865, p. 168. 

 Teressa, Walk. Cat. Het. i, p. 113 (1867). 



Type, B. camelus, Costa. 



Distribution. Ceylon, Malay Archipelago, China, and South Africa. 



Body robust, rugged, tuberculated and convex above. Head 

 large, deflected, the lateral lobes a little longer than the central 

 lobe and anteriorly contiguous. Pronotum strongly and somewhat 

 perpendicularly deflected in front, convex, the lateral angles 

 moderately prominent. Scutellum large, strongly tuberculated. 

 Membrane with longitudinal veins. Sternum sulcated. 



129. Bracliycerocoris camelus, Costa, Bend. Ac. Xapl. (2) viii, p. 192 

 (1863). 

 Teressa terrauea, Wcdk. Cat. Het. i, p. 113 (1867). 



Dark chocolate-brown; head and anterior half of pronotum 



ochraeeously tomentoso ; antennse 

 and tarsi brownish-ochraceous. Head 

 and anterior half of pronotum tomen- 

 tose, the last excavate and with a 

 prominent tubercle at its base, 

 posterior half with three central 

 longitudinal ridges and very 

 coarsely punctate, the lateral angles 

 shortly spinous ; scutellum with a 

 large compressed conical tubercle 

 at base, its margins serrate and with 

 a much smaller obtuse tubercle near 



Fig. 34. 

 Brachycerocoris caraelus. 



apex. 



Length 7 ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim. 

 Hah. Ceylon {Lewis). — China {Brit. Mus.). 



