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PENXATOMID^E. 



Genus PR^TEXTATUS. 



Pi-fBtextatus, Bist. Tr. E. S. 1901, p. 583, 



Type, P. t(/picus, Dist. 



Distrlhut'wii. Burma. 



Body o^ate ; head with the lateral margins laminate, angulate 

 in front of eyes and then distinctly sinuate, the lateral lobes longer 

 than the central lobe, but not quite meeting at their apices ; eyes 

 prominent ; antennae five-jointed, basal joint not reaching the 

 apes of the head. Pronotum with the lateral margins oblique, 

 laminate, slightly but distinctly recurved, the anterior angles 

 prominent, anterior mai^gin sinuated for the reception of the liead, 

 lateral angles subprominent. Scutellum shorter than the corium, 

 gradually attenuated to apex, which is narrow and obtusely acute ; 

 membrane with lougitudinal veins, some furcate but not reticulate ; 

 rostrum reaching the intermediate coxa?, first joint not quite 

 reaching base of head ; meso- and metasterna somewhat obscurely 

 furrowed. 



229. Praetextatus typicus, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1901, p. 684. 



Blackish-castaneous, the 

 corium a little paler in 

 hue ; membrane fuliginous ; 

 antenufe piceous, the apical 

 joint stramineous ; body 

 beneath black ; legs and 

 rostrum dark castaneous ; 

 pronotum with two small 

 central pale spots on an- 

 terior disk ; antenna? with 

 the fourth joint longest, 

 second shorter than third ; 

 upper surface thickly punc- 

 tate, scutellum trans- 

 versely w^'inkled. 



Length 13; breadth between pronotal angles 7 milhm. 



Hah. Burma (Coll. Dist.). 



Fig. 75. — Frcefexfaiiis ft/picus. 



Genus VALESCUS. 

 ^'alescus, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1901, p. 084. 



T3'pe, V. nigricans, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Somewhat broadly ovate ; head with the lateral margins reflexed, 

 moderately laminate, angulate in front of eyes, the lateral lobes 

 longer than the central and cleft at their apices ; eyes large and 

 prominent ; antennae five-jointed, basal joint not reacliing the apex 

 of the head. Pronotum with the anterior angles broadly truncate 



