384 



COKBIDjE. 



Lvgfeus calcar,-F«/>'-. Sijst.Rhywj. p. 214 (1803) ; Herr.-Sch. (Phy- 



somerus) Wanz. Ins. vi, p. 60, f, 621 (1842). 

 Coreus (Cerbus) cedymerus, Burm. Nov. Act. Ac. Leop. xvi, Sui^pl. 



p. 296 (1834). 

 Physomerus delineatus. Walk. Cat. Het. iv, p. 59 (1871). 



Brownish-ochraceous, pilose : a central line to head and pro- 



notura, margins and A'eins 

 of corium, body beneath, 

 and legs pale ochraceous ; 

 a subapical annulation to 

 posterior femora, basal 

 and apical areas of pos- 

 terior tibiae, and the tarsi 

 fuscous ; antennae fuscous, 

 finely hirsute ; posterior 

 tibia; strongly incrassated, 

 finely longitudinally tuber- 

 culate on upper and outer 

 areas, very obtusely spi- 



„, . nous beneath ; posterior 



-Physomerus qrossipes. .., . .., ^ , , 



•^ ^ -< tibiae with a somewhat 



long spine at about centre of inner margin, followed by a shorter 



spine, and thence finelj' serrate to apex : body beneath with 



scattered line tuberculous points, and the stigmata, black : rostrum 



reaching the intermediate coxae. 



Length 20 to 24 ; breadth between pronotal angles 5| to Qk 

 millim. 



Hah. Bengal ; Calcutta, Moorshedabad {Ind. Mus.). Sikhim. 

 Assam; Margherita (Atlinson. Coll.), Kh;isi Hills (ChcmuU). 

 Bombay (Leifli). Ceylon (Dohrn). Nicobar Islands, Caraorta (CoW. 

 Dist.). * Burma ; Metanja, Palon (Fea). — Generally distributed 

 throughont the Malayan Archipelago. 



lu the iovm P. teclym ems, Burm., the colour of the legs is usually 

 fuscous, and this was considered a distinct species by Stal and 

 others, and as of a strictly Malayan habitat. This variety occurs, 

 however, throughout the whole range of the species. 



Fie. 225.- 



634. Physomerus parvulus, Ball. List Hem. ii, p. 413 (1852). 



Head and pronotum ochraceous, corium brownish-ochraceous ; 

 head with two discal black fasciae ; pronotum with the lateral 

 margins, and two central fasciae which do not reach anterior 

 margin, black : scutelluni black, with a central longitudinal line 

 and the margins brownish-ochraceous : clavus fuscous ; corium 

 more or less suffused with fuscous ; membrane piceous : body 

 beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; posterior femora with the apex 

 and a broad subcentral annulation fuscous ; posterior tibiae with 

 the base and apex, and all the tarsi, fuscous ; antennae black ; 

 body beneath with small scattered tuberculous points. 



