MAEUTHAS. 



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the lateral margins oblique and slightly sinuate, the basal margin 

 straight, the anterior margin moderately concave ; scutellum sub- 

 triangular, much broader at base than long ; membrane not quite 

 reaching the abdominal apex ; femora robust, anterior femora 

 somewhat strongly spined beneath. 



Allied to Oxycarenus, from which it differs by the length of the 

 rostrum, the spinous anterior femora, the membrane not reaching 

 abdominal apex, &c. 



2821. Maruthas saniosus, 8 p. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum sanguineous ; antennae with the 

 basal joint sanguineous, second and third joints pale stramineous, 

 fourth joint reddish with the base stramineous; corium dull reddish, 

 the basal angle paler and more ochraceous, the basal half of costal 



Fig. 21. Maruthas saniosus. 



margin hyaline; membrane dark greyish; body beneath and 

 femora sanguineous ; rostrum, tibiae, tarsi, and coxal spots 

 stramineous ; body shortly, somewhat strongly pilose ; lateral 

 margins of head and pronotum more longly pilose; head, ex- 

 cluding central lobe, somewhat granulose ; pronotum with the 

 anterior lobe shortly pilose and finely granulose, posterior lobe 

 coarsely punctate ; scutellum with some small scattered granules ; 

 corium coarsely, shortly, suberectly pilose ; sternum obscurely, 

 finely punctate ; abdomen beneath suberectly pilose, apical lateral 

 and apical margins more or less blackish. 



Length 5 millim. 



Hob. Ceylon; Peradeniya (Green). 



Associated with Oxycarenus Icetus in cotton bolls (E. E. Green). 



