CAZIRA. 



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Genus CAZIRA. 



Cazira, Amt/. ^- Sen-. Hem. p. 7S (1S4;J>); Dnll. Li^t Hem. i, p. 76 

 (I80I) ; Stal, Hem. Afr. i. p. 6i> (1864). 



Type, C. verrucosa, Westw. 



Distribution. Oriental Kegioii. 

 F Body somewhat short and stout; head somewhat long, lobes 

 about equal in length, their apices obscurely lobate ; lateral 

 margins sinuate ; antennse tive-jointed, the basal joint not reaching 

 apex of head ; pronotum strongly rugose, the lateral margins 

 broadly sinuate, anterior angles obscurely spinous, lateral angles 

 spiuously produced ; scutelhun gibbous and lobately tuberculous 

 at base, longer than broad at base, its apex subtruncate : cerium 

 more or less rugulose ; membrane extending considerably beyond 

 the apex of abdomen ; abdomen with a distinct abdomiual spine 

 about reachiiDg the posterior coxae; anterior tibife strongly dilated, 

 femora with a prominent spine before apex. 



387. Cazira verrucosa, ]rcdw. (Pentatoma) ZooL Joum. V, p. 445, 



pi. xxii, f. 7 (1835); Dcdl. (Cazira) List ife;«. i, p. 82 (1851), 

 excl. syii. Linncei. 

 Asopus verrucifer, Burm. Handb, ii, p. 380 (1835). 



Eeddish-ochraceous, punctured with fuscous ; head, pronotum, 



and scutellum rugosely 

 tuberculate; pronotum some- 

 what tessellately rugose, the 

 lateral angles produced into 

 short obtuse spines, notched 

 on their posterior margins ; 

 scutellum with two large 

 and prominent convex tuber- 

 cles on basal area, apical 

 area concave; corium smooth 

 punctate, the costal area 

 rugose ; connexivum with 

 the margins broadly crenu- 

 late ; legs pale castaneous, 

 intermediate and posterior 



femora and tibia? auuulated witli white. 



Var. The reddish-ocliraceous coloration replaced by piceous. 

 Length 10 to 11 ; breadth between pronotal angles 6 to 7 millim. 

 Hah. Sikhim. Assam; Khasi Hills (C'Aeu/ifZZ) ; N.lga Hills and 



Margherita {Doherlij). Calcutta {Atlinson Coll.). Malabar {Coll. 



Dist.). Burma : Schwego-Myo, Bhamo, Karennee, Palon {Fea). 



Tenasserim ; Meetan, Thagata (Fca). 



388. Cazira similis, sp. n. 



Allied to C. verrucosa, colour more ocliraceous or luteous; upper 

 surface less tuberculate and rugose ; lateral angles of pronotum 



Fig. 156. — Cazira verrucosa. 



