TROMUNDUS. 99 



found in China and Japan, and recorded from New Caledonia 

 and Hawaii. 



177. Geotomus apicalis, Dall. (.Etlnis) List Hem. 1, ^^. 120 (I80I) ; 



Bl'it. A. M. N. H. (7) iv, p. 222 (1899). 



Allied to G. pyiima'us, Dall., but narrower and more elongate ; 

 central lobe of the head slightly larger than the lateral lobes ; 

 antenna) pitchy-brown, with the apex of the thii-d joint, the 

 apical half of the fourth, and the whole of the fifth joint 

 ochraceous. 



Length 41 millim. 



Hah. iVorth India (5o;/(?). Ce3dou ; Peradeniya (G^re^n). 



178. Geotomus abdominalis, Su/n. (Geotomus (Anolips)) Ann. Soc. 



Ent. Fr. (6) iii, p. 219, t. 9,'f. 184 (1883). 



" Oval, elongate ; pitchy-brown, the coriuui paler in colour. Head 

 rounded in front, the central lobe broader at middle than at apex, 

 as long as the lateral lobes and having two hairs at the apex, the 

 latei'al lobes with five hairs on the margins ; vertex finely punc- 

 tured ; the second joint of the antennae longer than the third ; 

 I'ostrnm i-eaching the intermediate coxae ; pronotiim strongly 

 impressed in front behind the anterior indentation, finely 

 punctate in that space and also on the transverse line and along 

 the lateral margins ; the transverse groove, absent in the middle, 

 is visible on the sides below the piliferous points ; lateral margins 

 with fine hairs ; scutellum long, narrowly rounded at the apex, 

 the disk finely punctate, basal angles smooth and very convex ; 

 corium sparingly punctate ; membrane smoky-hyaline, projecting 

 beyond the abtlomen, which is smooth in the middle, strongly 

 punctate on the sides." (Sign.) 

 Length 3k millim. 

 Ilah. "Lidia".* 



Genus FROMUNDUS. 



Fromuudus, Dlst. Ti: E. S. 1901, p. .582. 



Type, F. opacus, Dist. 



Distribution. At present only known from Ceylon. 



Body somewhat short and broad, above opaque. Head 



* Geotomus EL0NGATUS,^c;-r.-5e/«(#.(Cydnus) JraM^-./?*s.v, p.97, t. 177, f. 546 



(1839) ; Muls. S,-Eey, Pun. France, Pent. ii. p. 35. 38 (1866); Sign. Ann. 



Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) iii, p. 212, t. .5, f. 176 (1883). 

 Cydnu3 oblongiis, Bamb, Faun. Ent. Andal. ii, p. 115(1839) ; Bvhrn (iEthus). 



Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi, p. 400. 15 (1860); Kirby (.Ethus) J. Linn. Soc, Zool 



sxiv, p. 80 (1891). 



Tbis species was included by Dohrn in bis list of tbe Heteroptera of Ceylon,, 

 a course in wbicb be was followed by Kirby. Atkinson also gave the species 

 in bis "Notes on Indian Rbynchota," probably on the same record. Up to the 

 time of writing I have failed to find any corroboration of the statement that 

 the species forms part of this fauna. 



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