226 



PENTATOMIB.i. 



b. Basal abdominal spine variable in length. 



/>'. Metasternum not elevated Menida, p. 226. 



b. Lateral margins of pronotum sinuate . . Dabessus, p. 234. 



c. Basal abdominal spine long and slender, 



passing the intermediate coxse Cresphontes, p.^235. 



B. Head a little longer than the breadth between 



eyes Phavorikus, p. 23G. 



Genus MENIDA. 



Menida, MotscJi. Ei Eat. x, p. 23 (1861) ; Sm, En. Hem. \, p. 97 



(1876). 

 Stromatocoris, JuA-owI. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1876, p. 02. 

 Pygomeuida, Bredd. Ent. Kachr. xxiv, p. 116 (1898). 



Type, M. violacea, Motsch., from Eastern Siberia and Japan. 



Distribution. Generally distributed. 



Head broad, not much narro^^■ed anteriorly, lateral margins 

 scarcely sinuate ; basal joint of antennae not reaching apex of 

 head ; rostrum about extending to posterior coxse ; pronotum with 

 the lateral margins nearly straight, the anterior and posterior 

 margins very slightly sinuate : scutellum broad, subtriangular. 

 Base of abdomen vpith a well-developed spine or tubercle arising 

 from the second abdominal segment, 



362. Menida forinosa, Westw. (Pentatoma) in Hvpc Cat. i, p. 34 (1837) ; 

 8tm, En. Hem. v. p. 99 (1876). _ 

 lUiaphigaster spectandus, Stcd, Frecj. Eikj. Reset, Ins. Hem. p. 230 



(1859). 

 llhaphigaster albidens, Elhnr. Nat. Tijdschr. NederL lad. xxiv, 

 p. 159 (1862). 



Shining dark castaneous, thickly punctate; head with three 

 pale ochraceous lines and a small spot of the same colour before 

 the eyes ; pronotum a\ ith the anterior and lateral margins, two 



transverse annulatious on an- 

 terior area followed by a 

 waved fascia, ochraceous : 

 scutellum Mith a large spot 

 at each basal angle, sometimes 

 connected at basal margin, and 

 a large anchor-shapecl apical 

 spot, sometimes conuected 

 with the basal spots, ochra- 

 ceous ; corium with the basal 

 lateral margin and a discal 

 spot ochraceous ; all the 

 ochraceous markings levigate , 

 membi"ane colourless : body 



Fig. 143. — ^Menida fonnosa. 



beneath and legs ochraceous ; the whole disk of sternum, sub- 

 lateral margins and a central macular fascia to abdomen, castaneous ; 

 sternum coarsely punctate, abdomen sparsely and laterally punctate; 

 apices of the anterior and intermediate tibiae, apices of posterior 



