OZ PEjNTTATOMIDiE. 



a^. Rostrum Jong, reacliiug or 

 passifig the 3rd abdominal 



segment Gampsotes, p. 94. 



b^. Rostrum not passing the 

 posterior coxae. 

 a*. Oorium not broader than 

 abdomen. 

 o5. Posterior femora gene- 

 rally spined Macroscytus, p. 94. 



//. Posterior femora not 



spined Geotomus, p. 98. 



l>^. Corium broader than 



abdomen Feomundus, p. 99, 



II. Scutellum short, triangular, margins about 



equal in length. 



A. ilead neither spiuose nor dentate. 



a. Head with the lateral lobes longer 



than central and strongly reilexed . . Bbachypelta, p. 100. 



b. Head with the lateral lobes not dis- 



tinctly longer than the central. 



a. Membrane longer than the corium. 

 a. Apical margin of corium very 



strongly sinuate Hkurnius, p. 101. 



b'. Apical margin of corium slightly 



sinuate Gaesaueia, p. 102. 



b. Membrane shorter than the corium. Cydnopeltus, p. 103. 



B. Head marginally hairy or spinous. 



a. Scutellum triangular, apex more or 



less acule. 



a. Anterior margin of pronotum very 



slightly concave '. Chilocoris, p. 104. 



b. Anterior margin of pronotum deeply 



excavated to receive head Peltoxys, p. 100. 



b. Scutellum with the apex broadly 



rounded ". Xlshadana, p. 107. 



III. Prosternum strongly furrowed Sehirus, p. 108. 



Genus CEPHALOCTEUS. 



Cephalocteus, Diifour, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1834, p. 342; Sii/n. Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. Fr. 1881, p. 38; .4^^-. J. A. -S'. B. Ivi, p. 37 (1887). 



Type, C. scaraha-ouJcs, 

 Fabf. 



Distribution. Palaearctic, 

 Ethiopian, and Oriental 

 Regions. 



The only Indian species 

 of Cephalocteus is unknown 

 to me as to other writers : 

 I therefore give a figure 

 of a Pala^arctic species to 

 illustrate the genus. 



According to Siguoret, 

 Y\g. 41.— C'epJiatocfc'ug scarabceoidex. this genus can be distin- 



