240 PKXTAXOMID.E. 



Division EUliYASPlSAKIA. 



This division concludes the British Indian Pentatouiiuse so far 

 as our present knowledge obtains. The px'incipal character is 

 found in the scutellum, which is large and broad, its lateral margins 

 nearly straight, the apex broadly rounded. The base of the 

 abdomen is always moi'e or less spinously produced. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



Scutelhun occupyiug about three-fourths of the 

 abdomen. Abdominal spine short, reaching 

 the metasterual process Euryaspis, p. -40. 



Scutellum reaching apex of abdomen. Abdo- 

 minal spine long, reaching, or nearly reaching, 

 the intermediate coxse Beachycoris, p. 241. 



Genus EURYASPIS. 



Eurysaspis, S'uih. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (2) ix, 18ol, p. 342. 

 Euryaspis, Stdl, En. Hem. v, p. 9o (1876). 



Type, E. transvcrsalis, Hign. 



Distrihution. Ethiopian Kegion and India. 



Scutellum large, occupying more than three-fourths of the 

 abdomen, very broad and rounded ; lobes of the head equal in 

 length; rostrum not quite reaching the posterior coxae; eyes 

 stout ; ocelli approximate to the eyes ; antennse five-jointed, the 

 third and fourth joints longest ; pronotum very tumid and for- 

 wardly inclined, lateral angles rounded ; membrane extending 

 beyond the abdomen ; mesosternum with a broad central elevated 

 ridge narrowed for\\ardly and terminating between the anterior 

 coxcB ; metasternum elevated, slightly notclied posteriorly to receive 

 the short abdominal basal spine. 



384. Euryaspis transversalis, S!<jn. Ann. Soc Ent. Fr. (2) ix, 18.5], 

 p. ;J4:i. pi. 10, f. 11. 



"Yellow, varied with brown and paler yellow; head smal], 

 yellow, with the lateral margins sinuated, 

 the sinuosity black, and also the inner margins 

 of the lobes, the area of the ocelli, and the 

 posterior margin; pronotum medianly divided 

 by a sinuated fascia of a paler yellow, almost 

 white, between the pronotal angles, the ante- 

 rior area yellow and the posterior area brownish; 

 scutellum with a yellow surface anteriorly 

 defined by a circular fascia which is much 

 „. .^ paler and almost white, and contains poste- 



Eun/aspi's riorly a large reddish-brown spot, surrounded 



tmn><vermlis. by yellow and strongly punctured above on 



both sides ; corinm brownish yellow ; mem- 

 brane transparent with seven or eight veins, slightly bifurcate,* 



