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PENTATOMIDiE. 



Fig. 193. — Mcgarhynchus ro&tratus. 



a. Head lonrjer than the pronotum. 



480. Megarhyiichus rcstratus, Fahv. (Aelia) 8yst. Bhjng. p. 18 



(]803) : Amy. &,- Sew. Hem. p. 180 (1843). 

 Lygfeiis hastatiis, Fahr. Sijst. Wnjnf/. p. 239 (1803) ; Dall. (Mega- 



ihyccluis) List Hem. \, p. 361 (1851). 

 Megarhyncbus elongatus, Zo^j. Ess. Hem. p. 65 (1832). 



Ocbraceous ; lateral margins of the head and pronotnm and the 



coriuni purplish - red ; extreme 



lateral margins of pronotum and 



y^ ^ „ .. ,, . „ , ,. corium luteous ; membrane pale 



^V^-^^^^' A r YIY f hyaline : body beneath and legs 



oehraceous, anterior tibiic and 

 tarsi and the antennas purplish- 

 red ; abdomen with a stigmatal 

 series of small black spots; head 

 and pronotum somewhat coarsely 

 punctate ; scutellum longitudi- 

 nally rngulose and Avith a few 

 black punctures ; corium thickl}" 

 and finely punctate. 



Length 18 to 24 miUim, 

 Hah. Sikhim. Assam; Sibsagar (/ik?. ili-^fs.). Burma ; Teinzo, 

 Karennee, Palon (Fea). Tenasserim ; Malewoon (Fea). — A 

 common Malayan species, and received from China. 



b. Head shorter than the pronotvm. 



481. Megarhynchus truncatus, Westw. in Hojw Cat. \, p. 20 (1837). 

 Megarhyucbus testaceus, Amy. Sf Serr. Hem. p. 180 (1843). 



Dull ochraceous, punctured with fuscous, corium sometimes 

 tinged with purplish ; head finely punctate, much shorter than in 

 preceding species, the lateral lobes only separate at extreme apices ; 

 pronotum somewhat convex, faintly rugulose ; other characters 

 generally as in M. rostratvs, from which it may also be dis- 

 tinguished as a broader and more robust species. 



Length 21 to 25 milhm. 



Hah. Assam; Ntiga Hills {Doherty), Khiisi Hills (Chennell). 

 Burma ; Palon (Fea). — Also reported from the Malay Peninsula, 

 some islands of the Malay Archipelago, and from China. 



482. Megarhynchus limatus, Hcrr.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix, p. 303^ f.998 



(1853). 



Closely allied to M. truncatus, but differing in having the head 

 and pronotum slightly shorter, stature broader, punctuation 

 stronger ; the lateral pronotal margins are not luteous and are 

 more strongly serrate ; the lateral pronotal angles more obtusely 

 prominent, «S:c. 



Length 20 to 22 millim. 



Hah. Assam. Burma ; Bhamo {Fea). 



