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430. Carpona stalailis, Walk. (Pycamim) Cat. Het. iii, p. 472. 12 

 (1868) ; Dist. A. M. N. H. {(3) xi, p. 434 (1893). 



Brownish-ochraceous, thickly and finely punctate ; pronotum 

 (excluding anterior margin) and scutellum (excluding basal area) 

 transversely rugulose ; pronotum subquadraj^e, with the extreme 

 lateral margins distinctly darker, the anterior angles broadly 

 reflexed ; corium yery thickly and finely punctate ; membrane 

 shining, ochraceous ; connexirum margined and spotted with 

 blackish : body beneath more or less shaded with resplendent 

 green, excepting at the anterior sternal angles and at the margins 

 nd central area of the abdomen ; legs A'ery dai'k castaneous. 



Length 32; breadth 19 miUira. 



Hah. " Hindostan " {Bowrhig, Brit. Miis.). 



Genus PYCANUM. 



Pycanum, Amy. 8,- Serv. Hem. p. 171 (1843) : Stal, Hem. Afr. i, 

 p. 225 (1864). 



Type, P. riibens, Fabr. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 

 , Head somewhat narrowed to a point, the apex emargiuate ; 

 antennse with the basal joint just extending beyond the apex of 

 the head ; rostrum extending to about the middle of the meso- 

 sternum ; pronotum Avith the lateral margins convex, narrowing 

 anteriorly, moderately reflexed, or with the anterior angles quad- 

 rately produced and reflexed ; metasternum not elevated ; meso- 

 sternum centrally sulcate ; connexivum extending beyond the 

 corium ; femora moderately spined near apex. 



431. Pycanum rubens, Fabr. (Cimex) JSnt 

 Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 40 (1868). 



S>/st. iv, p. 107 (1794) ; 



Fig. 174. — Pycanum rubens. 

 practically absent 5 apex of scutellum 



Cimex ametbystiuus, Weber, 



Obs. Eni. p. 115 (1801) ; 



Biirm. (Aspongopus) 



Handb. ii, p. 351 (1835). 

 Edessa amethystina, Fabr. 



Si/st. Rhyny. p. 150 



(1803). 

 Tessaratoma alternata, Le- 



pell. 4* Serv. Encyc. Meth. 



X, p. 591 (1825). 



Above purplish-brown, 

 suffused with resplendent 

 green on the head ; an- 

 terior area of pronotum 

 and scutellum sometimes 

 altogether suffused above, 

 or again with the green 

 and large spots to con- 



