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PENTATOMID.E. 



Genus STIBAROPUS. 



Stibaropus, Dall. List Hem. i, pp. Ill, 125 (1851); Su/n. J?i?i. iSoc. 



Ent. Fr. 1881, p. 43. 

 Pacliycnemis. Jah. Hem. Caucas., Trondy Rttssk. Ent. Ohs. yiii, p. 54 



(1875). 

 Scliiodtella. Su/n. Bull. Soc. Ent. Ft: (0) i, p. clvii (1881), part. 



Type, S. mohjinns, Scliiodte. 



iJistnhution. Palsearctic and Oriental Eegions. 



Head inclined anteriorly, longer than broad, the apex slightly 

 eniarginate, the margins spiuulous ; eyes globose, ocelli large ; 

 antennae short, five-jointed, gradually increasing in thickness from 

 base to apex. Eostrum slender, usually reaching the posterior coxae. 

 Membrane well developed and extending beyond the apex of the 

 abdomen. Anterior tibiae compressed, with the basal half of the 

 outer margin spinose, the inner margin fringed with hairs, especially 

 at the apex ; tarsi inserted at about one-third from apex, long and 

 slender, basal joint very long ; intermediate tibiae somevs hat clavate, 

 strongly curved, thickly spinose on the outside, especially towards 

 apex; tarsi inserted at apex of tibiae, their apical joint longest; 

 posterior legs very stout and somewhat short, femora very broad 

 and somewhat compressed ; tibiae very short, spinose on the out- 

 side, much enlarged and abruptly truncated at apex, forming a 

 large oval disk surrounded by closely-set spines : tarsi very short 

 and almost hidden by surrounding spines. 



Fig. 42. — Stibaropu.-^ innlgiiiin 



150. StibaropUS molginus, Scliiiidtc (Scaptocoris), in Kriii/. Nat, 

 Tidsskr. (2) ii. 1). 458 (1819) : yitk. J. A. S. B. hi. p. 39 (1887) ; 

 Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) iv, p. 218 (1899). 



