PODOPS. / d 



Body more or less ovate. Head slightly convex, more or less 

 sinuate before the eyes ; lateral lobes not meeting in front of the 

 central lobe ; antenniferous tubercles placed below the lateral 

 margins of the head, prominent and acutely produced outwards ; 

 antennae somewhat short, basal joint entirely invisible from above, 

 second joint distinctly shorter than the third ; rostrum reaching 

 the posterior coxse. Pronotum transverse, with an acute tooth at 

 or near anterior lateral angles, the lateral margins either nearly 

 straight or more or less convex, plain or serrated, lateral angles 

 prominent or subprominent. Scutellum about reaching the apex 

 of the abdomen, slightly narrowed behind the base; sternum 



furrowed. ^wT^So^^W^T::;^^ M.- 



I. Lateral margins of pronotum spined below the anterior angles. 



131. Podops coarctata, Fabr. (Cimex) Mit. Syd. Suppl. p. 530. 44-5 

 (1798) ; Stal (Scotiiiophara), Hem. Fabr. i, p. 21. 2 (1868). 

 Tetyra bispinosa (pt.), Fabr. Syst Hhyru/. p. 1^8. 48 (1803). 

 Podops spinosus, nasalis, & exacta, TJ'alk. Cat. Het. i, pp. 73, 74. 

 nos. 18, 19,24(1867). 



Brownish-ochraceous, very coarsely and darkly punctate ; 

 antennae (excluding basal joint), tibiae, tarsi, rostrum, and three 

 small obscure spots at base of scutellum ochraceous or brownish- 



Fig. 36. — Podops coarctata. 



ochraceous : body beneath piceous, in some specimens the lateral 

 margins of the abdomen distinctly paler. Lateral margins of the 

 pronotum distinctly spined a little before anterior angles, lateral 

 angles shortly spinous. 



Length 7 to 9 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4 to 5 millim. 



Hah. Tranquebar. Ceylon. Burma : Eangoon, Bhamo, Teinzo 

 {Fea). — Also a common species in the Malay Peninsula and 

 received from Java. 



