CHILOC'ORIS. 



105 



lobe at the apex ; anterior tibi;e gradually broader towards the 

 apex, exfernally spinosely pectinated ; tarsi inserted at the apex 

 of the tibiae." (Mai/r.) 



186. Chilocoris nitidus, 3Ia>/r. TW/t. z.-b. Gcs. Wien, xiv. p. 907 

 (18G4) ; Si<jn. Ann. Sue. Ent. Ft: («) iii, p. 518 (1883). 



" Shining, piceous-black ; posterior margin of the pronotiim, 

 coi'iuui, antennae, rostrum, and legs pale castaneous ; head strongly. 



Fig. 55. — Chi/ocnn's nitidus. 



posterior area of pronotum and corium finely punctured ; scutellum 

 somewhat coarsely punctate; membrane liyahne; abdomen levigate." 

 {Maiir.) 



Length 5 millim.* 



Hah. Kashmir. — Also received from Japan [Lewis). 



187. Chilocoris piceus, Sirpi. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) iii, p. oLS, pi. L"), 

 f. 201 (1883). 

 Oliilocoris nitidus, ULajr? 



Blackish-brown, paler in colour on the corium and on the lateral 

 and posterior mai-gins of the pronotum. Head broad, eves verv 

 stoiit, ocelli nearer to the e3'es than to the median line ; vertex 

 with a longitudinal impression, median lobe broader in the middle 

 than towards apex ; j^ronotum strongly margined in front with a 

 longitudinal line and impressions, anterior disk le\ igate, transverse 

 impressions very distinct with a line of dots, posterior disk weakly 

 punctate ; scutellum blunt at the apex, sparingly punctate on disk, 

 more so but more finely on lateral margins ; corium strongly punc- 

 tate along the cubital veins, wdth two series of lines on the clavus, 

 apical area finely punctate, almost levigate at base ; membrane 

 ochraceous, hyaline ; meso- and metasterna opaque. 



Length 3^ millim. 



Hah, "India." 



* A specimen examined and returned to me by Signoret when writing his 

 Monograph, as C. iiitidus, from which fig. 55 is taken, measures only 

 3 millim. Mayr's type specimen is reported in bad condition. 



