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PENTATOMID^. 



Genus EUROSTUS. 



Eiirostus, Dall. List Hem. i. p. 342 (1851); Stal, Hem. Afr. i, 

 p. 225 (1864). 



Type, E. validus, Dall., from China. 



Distribution . Himalayas ; Burma ; China. 



Head longex' than broad, narrowed anteriorly, the apex slightly 

 emarginate ; antennae four-jointed, second joint longer than the 

 third ; rostrum about reaching the middle of the mesosternum ; 

 pronotum with the lateral angles unarmed, posterior margin not 

 produced ; scutellum short, not reaching the middle of the abdomen, 

 apex small, rounded, and somewhat spatulate ; abdomen unarmed 

 at the base ; sternum without a ridge ; legs stout, anterior and 

 intermediate femora with two spines beneath near apex, posterior 

 femora much iucrassated, with a long acute spine near base, two 

 shorter spines near apex, and a doubla series of minute spines 

 placed along the under surface. 



421, Eurostus grossipes, Dall. List Hem. i, p. 343 (1851). 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and connexivum opaque, piceous 

 with an olivaceous tinge ; pronotum faintly wrinkled transversely, 

 the extreme lateral margins brown ; scutellum transversely 

 wrinkled, the apex ochraceous ; corium purplish-brown, opaque : 

 membrane bro\A'nish-ochraceous ; connexivum with an ochraceous 

 spot at the base of each segment : body beneath dull violaceous. 



Fig. 169. — Eurostus grossipes. 



opaque, with the lateral margins and median area brownish- 

 ochraceous ; legs and rostrvnn brownish-ochraceous ; antennae 

 with the basal joint brownish-ochraceous, second black, extreme 

 apex of fourth joint feiTuginous. 



The above is the description of a typical specimen; some are 

 wholly dark olivaceous-green, or purplish-brown above. 



