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COREID^. 



Margherita (/u(?. J/hs.). 'Qomhsij (Leith). Bangalore [Caraeron). 

 Ceylon {Parry, Brit. Mus.). Burma ; Karennee {Feci). Tenas- 

 .serim ; Myitta {Dolierty). — Also found on many islands of the 

 Malayan Archipelago. 



036. Acanthocoris anticus, Walk. Cat. Het. iv, p. 118 (1871). 



Crinocerus ponderosus, Walk, in Tennent's Nat. Hist. Cei/l. p. 463 

 (1861), med. 



Very dark brown ; antennae hirsute, third joint luteous at base, 

 fourth joint luteous ; generally resembling A. scabrator, but with 

 the pronotal angles much broader and less acute ; luteous spots 

 to conuexivum smaller and more obsolete ; second joint of the 

 antennte scarcely longer than the first joint. 



Length 14 ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon {Green). 



Genus PETALOCNEMIS. 



Petalocnemis, Stal, 6fv. Vet.-Ak. Fiirh. 18o3, p. 2o9 ; id. En. Hem. 

 iii, p. 70 (1873). 



Type, P. pacJiycera, Stal, an African species. 



Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental liegions. 



This genus is closely allied to Acanthocoris, from which it differs 

 by having the lateral margins of the corium more perceptibly 

 rounded, and by the distinct sulcation of the mesosternum. 



This genus is practically Ethiopian in distribiition, only one 

 species being known from the Oriental Region. 



037. Petalocnemis ohscura, Ball. (Acauthocoris) List Hem. ii, p. 518 



(1852). 



Obscure brownish-ochraceous, clothed with short hairs ; the 



Fig. 227. — Pefalocve7nis obscura. 

 pronotal angles broadly truncate ; head and pronotum with a 



