140 



PENTATOMID^. 



Burma; Minhla (Comotto) . — This species has also been reported 

 from Senegal. 



Flies by night, particularly about brilliant lights. Common at 

 Khantiala {B. M. Dixon). 



Division MEG ID ARIA. 



This division here includes two genera differing from the pre- 

 vious division {Dymantaria) by having the antenniferous tubercles 

 placed more or less in line with the inner margins of the eyes 

 and not inside them. The body is elongate, the width of the 

 pronotum being less, or much less, than half the length of the 

 body. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Head narrow, acuminate Mecidea, p. 140. 



B. Head moderately broad, rounded in front yENARiA, p. 141. 



Genus MECIDEA. 



Mecidea, Ball List Hem. \, p. 139 (1851). 

 Cerataulax, Siyn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1851, p. 335. 



Type, M. indica, Dall, 



Distribution. Nearctic, Neotropical, Eastern and Southern 

 Palsearctic Regions, South Africa, and India. 



Body elongate, somewhat depressed ; head somewhat long and 

 convex, the lateral lobes much longer than the central lobe and 

 generally meeting beyond it ; antenniferous tubercles entirely 

 visible from above ; eyes globose, touching the anterior margin of 

 the pronotum ; ocelli large, on a line with the base of the eyes ; 

 antennae five-jointed, basal joint not reaching the apex of the head, 

 second joint as long as the others or longer ; rostrum extending 



to the metasternum, inserted 

 towards the apex of the head ; 

 scutellum long, triangular, much 

 narrowed at the apex ; mem- 

 brane with simple longitudinal 

 veins ; mesosteruum with a cen- 

 tral furrow ; legs moderate, 

 femora unarmed. 



236. Mecidea indica, Dall List 

 ir«». i, p. 139,t.3,f.3(1851). 



Pale ochraceous, thickly and 



finely punctate ; eyes black ; 



scutellum elongate ; membrane 



pale hyaline ; ventral stigmata 



black ; antennre with the second 



Fig. 81.- 

 bro^^■n ; apex 



■Mecidea indica. 

 of the rostrum 



