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PENTATOMID,?:, 



about reaching the apex of head. Rostrum not extending beyond 

 the intermediate coxse. Pronotum with the latei'al margins rounded 

 and laminate, anterior angles obtusely angulated beyond the outer 

 margin of the eyes ; corium with the apical angles a little pro- 

 duced, apical margin somewhat sinuate near the angle ; veins of 

 membrane simple. Abdomen not spined at base, but second seg- 

 ment slightly convexly elevated at centre ; mesosternum centrally 

 carinate. 



226. fiippeta-dorsalis, Stdl (Plexippus), Berl. eni. Zeitsc/ir. xiii, p. 226 

 (1869). 



Brownish-ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate, bases of pronotum 

 and scutellum finely transversely rugulose ; abdomen above dark 

 violaceous ; connexivum blackish, last two segments obsoletely 

 palely streaked ; an impunctate spot at base of eyes ; extreme 

 lateral margins of pronotum and the extreme lateral margin of 

 corium near base blackish ; pronotum punctate, mesosternum 

 punctate near coxae ; stigmata darkly prominent. 



Fig. 73. — Hi23pota dorsaUs. 



I/eugth 15 ; breadth between pronotal angles 8 millim. 

 Hah. Deccau (StocMiolm Miis.). 



I am indebted to Dr. Aurivillius for an opjjortunity of examining 

 and figuring this apparently rare insect. 



Genus ^DNUS, 

 jEdnus, Ball. List Hem. i, p. 144 (18-j1). 



Type, yE". obscwus, Dall. 



Distribution. Oriental and Eastern Palaearctic Regions. 



Body ovate ; head rather short, margins moderately reflexed and 

 laminate ; the lateral lobes a little longer than the central lobe, but 

 not always meeting in front as described by Dallas ; antennae five- 

 jointed, basal joint not quite reaching the apex of the head ; 



