BEACHYCORIS, 



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body beneath and lec;s j'ellovv ; abdomen with four brown fasciae ; 

 stigmata small and black." 



Length 9 millim. 



Hah. Pondicberry. 



I only know this species by Signoret's description and figure, 

 both of whicli are here reproduced. 



Genus BRACHYCORIS. 



Eracbycoris, Stdl, Ofc Vet. -Ah. Fwh. 1870, p. 638. 



Type, B. semiflavus, Stal, from the Philippine Islands. 



Distribution. Oriental Eegion. 



Broadly oval, subrotundate, above and beneath moderately 

 convex, thickly punctate ; head moderately small, lateral margins 

 sinuate near eyes, lobes of about equal length or lateral lobes very 

 slightly longer ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; antennae 

 robust, first joint not quite reaching apex of head, third joint 

 incrassated at apex, fourth and fifth joints somewhat strongl}" 

 incrassated ; pronotum broad, anteriorly deflected, lateral margins 

 acute, anterior angles acutely produced, lateral angles rounded, 

 not prominent; scutellum large, reaching the apex of the abdomen, 

 near base on each side sinuated, apex rounded ; membrane extend- 

 ing beyond abdominal apex, the veins simple ; mesosternum 

 obsoletely sulcated ; basal abdominal spine long, reaching or 

 nearly reaching the intermediate coxae. 



385. Brachycoris insignis, Msf. A. M. N. H. (7) v, p. 420 (1900). 



Head and pronotum black, very coarsely punctate and rugulose: 



head with two small central 

 spots near base, and pro- 

 notum with three transverse 

 spots near anterior area, 

 ochraceous; scutellum ochra- 

 ceous, sparingly but coarsely 

 punctate on basal area, more 

 tliickly and brownly punctate 

 on posterior area ; a spot in 

 eacli basal area, a larger spot 

 in each lateral margin before 

 middle, and a smaller, often 

 obscure discal spot between 

 them, black; corium ochra- 

 ceous, broadly black at base, brownish towards apex ; connexivum, 

 body beneath, and legs ochraceous ; head and wide margins of pro- 

 aud mesosterua black, lateral margins of metasternum widely casta- 

 neous ; stigmatical abdominal spots fuscous ; antenna3 brownish 

 ochraceous, the last two joints piceous ; rostrum ochraceous, its 

 apex piceous. 



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Fig. 1.54. — Brachijcoris hisiguis 



