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PEXTATOMID-E. 



188. Chilocoris panunpunctatus, -%«. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6> iii, 

 p. .3l'0, pi. lo, f. -jn-J (188.-}) : Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivi, p. o8 (1887). 



This species is distinguished by the serrated margins of the 

 pronotum and of the base of the cerium, from the serration issue 

 hairs, nine on the pi'onotum and six on the coriura. Pale casta- 

 ueous, shining, w eakly punctured on the head ; median lobe much 

 amplified in the middle, narrow at the apex and on the vertex, 

 much broader tlian the lateral lobes ; pronotum strongly margined 

 in front with 3-4 stout points ; scutellum rounded at the apex, 

 sparingly and strongly punctate on disk, more densely punctate 

 near margins ; corium almost levigate, densely punctate along the 

 cubital suture, the clavus exhibiting a complete line along the suture 

 and a half line near the scutellum ; a second line of punctures on 

 the external radial vein and a strong impunctate line, not extending 

 beyond the middle, on the internal radial vein ; membi\ane hyaline, 

 extending beyond the abdomen, which is levigate ; meso- and 

 metasterna opaque. 



Length 2^ millim. 



Hah. ^' India." 



Genus PELTOXYS. 



Peltoxvs, Si(/)i. Bull. Soc. Eut.Fr.l8S0, p. xxxiii ; id. Ann. Soc. 

 EnLFi: (G) iii, p. b±2 (1883) ; Ath. J. A. S. B. Ivi, p. 59 (1887). 

 Leguotus, Stcll {nee Schiodte), Hem. Fahr. p. 7 (1868). 



Type, P. brevipennis, Fabr. 



Distribution. Oriental Eegion. 



Scutellum short, almost equilateral, apex acuminate ; membrane 

 very large but not projecting beyond the abdomen ; rostrum short, 

 scarcely extending beyond the anterior coxae ; intermediate femora 

 ciliated and with four stout spines at the apex ; anterior tibiae a 

 little dilated, the posterior tibite straight ; odoriferous aperture 

 broad, long, with an opening of one half its size. 



189. Peltoxys brevipennis, Fabr. (Cimex) E)it. Si/st. Suppl. p. 536 

 (1798) ; id. (Cydmis) S)/st- Bhpui. p. 187 (1803) : Walk, (.^tbus) 

 Cat. Hef. i, p. 158 (1867) : StcV (Legnotus), Hem. Fahr. i, p. 8 

 (1868) ; Sifin. Ann. Sac. Ent. Fr. (6) iii, p. 522, pi. 15, f. 203 

 (1883) : Atk. J. A. <S'. B. Ivi, p. 59 (1887). 

 Peltoxys pubesceus, Si(/n. Bid I. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, p. xxxiv. 



" Black, shining, above and beneath very densely and distinctly 

 punctate ; first joint of the antennse and the rostrum piceous ; tarsi 

 pale yellowish piceous ; central lobe of the head remotely punc- 

 tured towards the base, impunctate towards the middle, transversely 

 rugose ; pronotum at centre almost twice as long as the head, 

 convex towards the margins, behind the middle and anteriorly 

 transversely slightly depressed, somewhat convex before the 

 middle ; clavus with two sei'ies of punctures ; corium in the 

 interior part behind the middle with four rows of punctures. 



