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PEKTATOMID.T. 



luargius of posterior portion of ceutral lobe blacldsh ; antennae 

 with the basal joint ochraceous. black beneath, second and third 

 joints black, remainder in specimen described mutilated : basal 

 lateral margins of the corium reddisli-ochraceous : connexiviim 

 ochraceous with the segmental angles black ; membrane bronzy- 

 brown : body beneath and legs ochraceous with a greenish tint ; 

 tarsi fuscous ; second joint of antenna? distinctly shorter than the 

 third ; central lobe reaching apex of head, which is rounded ; 

 lateral angles of the pronotum very strongly and robustly produced 

 with their apices acute, the punctures on these processes being 

 coarse and black ; rostrum not quite reaching the posterior coxpe. 

 its apex black. 



Length 15 ; breadth between pronotal angles 13 millim. 



Hah. Njiga Hills {Bolierty). 



Genus VITELLUS. 

 Yitelkis, Stid, A7in. Soc, Ent. Fr. 186-j, p. 170. 



Type, V. insidaris, 8tal, a species from the Fiji Islands. 



Distribution. India, Malay Archipelago, and Australasia. 



This genus is allied to Bliyncliocoris, but is separated by the 

 greater length of the mesosterual process, which is extended 

 throughout the greater length of the head ; the apex of the 

 scutellum is more angulate, and the lateral abdominal segmental 

 angles are less dentatelj'' produced. 



347. Vitellus orientalis, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 172, pi. ii, f. 11. 



Green or ochraceous, the latter colour probably indicating- 

 specimens 



faded 



abdomen above indigo-blue, connexivum 



Fig. 134. — Jltclhis orientalis. 



ochraceous, apical segmental angles black ; membrane })ale fuscous, 

 but reflecting the dark colour of the abdomen beneath : body 

 beneath concolorous, the segmental incisures and linear stigmatal 

 spots usually much darker or piceous ; lateral posterior segmental 



