DALSIRA. 



291 



Genus CRESSONA. 



Cressona, Ball. List Hem. i, p. 3o8 (1851) 

 p. 234 (1864). 



Stdl, Hem. Afr. 



Type, G. valida, Dall. 



Distribution. India, Bui'ma, Siain. 



Body oblong, ovate ; head small, gradually narrowed anteriorly, 

 lateral lobes longer than central lobe, but not meeting in front ot" 

 it, antenniferous tubercles prominent at the sides oi: the bead ; 

 antennae five-jointed, basal joint passing the apex o£ head ; rostrum 

 just passing the anterior cox?e ; pronotum with the lateral angles 

 produced into long straight horns projecting forward beyond 

 the apex of the head and somewhat compressed towards their 

 apices, which are notched, their anterior lateral margins strongly 

 dentate, the dentation strongly continued along the under surface 

 of the lateral angles ; membrane with longitudinal veins. 



461. Cressona valida, Dall. List Hem. i, p. 358, pi. xi, f. 3 (1851). 



Body above and beneath ochraceous, coarsely punctate on the 



pronotum and scutellum, 

 more finely so on the 

 corium ; pronotum with 

 two central longitudinal 

 series of piceous punctures 

 and with the scutellum 

 and corium sometimes 

 containing some scattered 

 black points ; membrane 

 pale ochraceous, with some 

 minute black speckles; 

 pro- and mesosterna crossed 

 by a narrow black fascia 

 on each side near coxae; 

 abdomen with numerous 

 black speckles ; femora 

 speckled with brownish. 



Fig. 183. — Cressona valida. 



Length 23 to 25 millim. 

 Hah. Sikhim {Coll. Atkinson). 

 {Feci). 



Burma ; Bhamo, Ivarennee 



Genus DALSIRA. 



Dalsira, Amy. 8^- Serv. Hem. p. 175 (1843) ; Stdl, En, Hem. \, p. 118 



(1876). 

 Phyllocephala (part.), Dall. List Hem. i, p. 352 (1851). 



Type, D. affinis, Amy. & Serv., an African species. 



Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Regions. 



Body broadly elongate ; head about as broad as long ; antennae 

 five-jointed, basal joint not reaching the apex of head ; rostrum 

 reaching the anterior coxaj : pronotum with the lateral angles 



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