PYGOi'LATrS. 



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Genus PYGOPLATYS. 



Pygoplatys, i)«^/. List Hem. i, p. 338 (1851) ; StSl, Hem. Afi: 



p. 225 (1864). 

 Subg. Odontoteuchus, Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1870, p. 643. 



Type, P. validus, DalL, from an unknown locality. 



Distribution. Burma, Malayana. 



Head not broader than long, somewhat pointed anteriorly ; 

 basal joint of antennae not quite reaching the apex of head, I'ostrum 

 passing the anterior coxse ; pronotum with the lateral angles 

 produced in broad flat processes or strong pointed spines ; the 

 posterior margin produced in a semicircle over the base of the 

 scatellum ; metasternal process narro\^ed anteriorly and produced 

 to the anterior coxae, emarginate posteriorly for the reception of 

 the basal abdominal spine or tubercle ; anal appendages exhibiting 

 eight teeth or spines. 



409. Pygoplatys acutus, Dall. List Hem. i. p. 340 (1851). 



Pvgoplatys roseus, Foil. Faun. Ind. Need, iii, p. 24 (note) 



(1868). 



Pale ochraceous, somewhat densely punctate; pronotum, at 

 each lateral angle, with a long stout acute spine, which is some- 

 what coarsely blackly punc- 

 tate ; connexivum margined 

 and spotted with brassy- 

 green ; antennae brownish- 

 ochraceous ; head usually 

 rosaceous ; anterior lateral 

 mai'gins of pronotum trans- 

 versely ridged : scutellum 

 with the apical area furrowed 

 and less densely punctate ; 

 abdomen beneath with a 

 distinct central ridge. 



Length 17 to 18 : breadth 

 Fig. 166. — Pygo'plati/s acutus. between pronotal angles 16| 



millim. 

 Hah. Burma {Athinson Coll.). Malacca {Coll. Dist.). 



410. Pygoplatys tauriformis, Dist. A. M. N. H. (6) xi, p. 431 



(1893). 



Pale olivaceous oi- ochraceous, obscurely punctate ; pronotal 

 angles strongly produced in long anteriorly curved spines, marked 

 with very coarse black punctures, and with their apices subacute 

 and slightly recurved ; antennae castaneous, the apical joint, 

 excluding apex, fuscous; eyes, apices of the tibiae, the tarsi, and 

 lateral and apical margins of the abdomen (narrowly) black, the 

 last also spotted with ochraceous. 



