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PEI^TATOMID.E. 



lateral angles subpromiuent ; scutellum of moderate size, sub- 

 triangular ; mesosternum with a somewhat high carination or 

 ridge, metasternum slightly elevated ; abdomen with a deep and 

 broad central furrow terminating at base in an obtuse tubercle or 

 pine. 



360. Jurtina indjca, Ball (Bathyccelia) List Hem. i, p. 270 (1851) ; 

 Eirhij (BatliYccelia), J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 85, pi. iv, f. 15 ; 

 SW, En. Hem. \, p. 102 (1876). 



Pale green or ochraceous, thickly and minutely punctate ; lateral 



margins of the prouotutu 

 "---. .,- violaceous ; scutellum 



with, a subfoveate black 

 spot with a pale levigate 

 margin in each basal 

 angle ; corium with the 

 base of lateral margins 

 usually somew'hat darker 

 or more pronounced in 

 hue ; membrane trans- 

 parent, colourless ; body 

 beneath and legs very 

 pale ochraceous; sternum 

 finely punctate, abdomen 

 impunctate ; antennae 



with the first and second joints and base of third pale violaceous, 



remaining joints pale ochraceous. 

 Length 19 to 21 millim. 

 Hah. jSTorth India {Brit. Mus.). Bombay {Lelth). 



Fig. 141. — Jurtina indica. 



Genus PIEZODORUS. 



Piezodorus, Fieber, Eur. Hem. pp. 78 .t 329 (1861) ; Stal, En. Hem. 

 ii, p. 44(1872). 



Type, P. incarnatus, Germ., a Palsearctic species. 



Disirihution. Generally distributed. 



Body oblong, ovate ; head short, slightly narrowed anteriorly, 

 lateral margins moderately sinuate ; antennae five-jointed, basal 

 joint not reaching apex of head : rostrum reaching or passing the 

 intermediate coxae ; basal spine of abdomen acute and moderately 

 long ; extreme apex of clavus with a punctiform black or fuscous 

 spot. 



361. Piezodorus ruhrofasciatus, Fabr. (Cimex) Mant. Lns. ii, p. 29-3 

 (1787) ; Stal, Hem. Fabr. I, p. 32 (1868). 

 Cimex hybneri, Gjnel. iSyst. Nat. i (4) p. 2151 (1788). 

 Cimex flavescens, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Sujjpl. p. 534 (1798). 

 Ehaphigaster flavolineatus, Westtv. in Hope, Cat. i, p. 31 (1837). 

 Eliaphigaster viresceus, Amy. S,- Serv. Hem. p. 148 (1843). 



