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PENTAIOMIDiE. 



Fig. 94. — Carpocoris nic/ricornis 



260. Carpocoris nigricornis, Fabr. (Cimex) Fid. Syst. iv,p. 94 (1794) ; 



Dist. Sec. Yarkaml Miss., Ehynch. p. 5 (1879) ; et syn. cf. LetJu 

 S,- Set: Cat. Gen. Hem. i, p. 1-22 (1893). 



Ocbraceous, somewhat thicklj' punctate, corium often more or 



less purplish ; antenna? and 

 lateral margins of head and eyes 

 black ; pronotum with four lon- 

 gitudinal series of fasciate black 

 punctures, which are sometimes 

 almost obsolete and generally do 

 not extend beyond the apical 

 area ; lateral angles sometimes 

 black ; connexivum punctately 

 black on each side of the in- 

 cisures ; body beneath and legs 

 ocbraceous ; apex of the rostrum 

 black. 



Length 11 to 14 ; breadth between pronotal angles G| to 8 millim. 



Mah. Kashmir; Sind Valley (StoliczJca). Simla {Coll. Dist.). — 



A somewhat common Palsearctic species. I have received it from 



Shantung in Nortb China and from Japan, and it was collected 



by Stoliczka near Tarkand. 



261. Carpocoris pallidus, Dull (Pentatoma) List Hem. \, p. 234 (1851) : 



Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) iv, p. 436 (1899). 

 Carpocoris fuscispiuus (part.), Leth. S,- Sev. Cat. Gen. Hem. i, p. ]21 



(1893). 

 Carpocoris nigTicornis (part.), Let/i. S,- Sev. loc. cit. p. 122. 



A species closely allied to G. nigricornis., and differing only by 

 tbe more elongate body and by the lateral angles of the pronotum, 

 which are only subprominent. 



Lengtb 14; breadth between jn-onotal angles 1h millim. 



Hah. Xorth India {Brit. Mas.). 



Genus CODOPHILA. 



Codophila, Muls. S) Bey, Pun. France, Pent. p. 237 (1866) ; Stal, Of v. 

 J'et.-AA: Forh. 1872, 3, p. 38. 



Type, C. varia, Fabr., a Palsearctic species. 



Distribution. Pala'arctic and western portion of the Oriental 

 Eegion ; also recorded from Abyssinia. 



Allied to Carpocoris, but differing by having the anterior lateral 

 margin of the pronotum obtuse, not acutely reflexed. 



262. Codophila maculicoUis, Hall. (Pentatoma) List Hem. i, p. 234 

 (18ol) ; Stal, Fn. Hem. v, p. 76 (1876). 

 Pentatoma arabica, Stdl, Of v. Vet.-Al-. Forh. 1854, p. 233. 



Ocbraceous, somewhat sparingly and coarsely punctate ; antennae, 

 two central fascise to head (converging anteriorly), four longitudinal 



