HOMOPTERA 



flattened laterally, iisuall}' upcurved at the tip, reaching beyond the internal angles of the tegmina, 

 apical half bearing a sharp, flattened keel on the underside, often dentate below; scutelkim entirely 

 concealed. Tegmina entirely free, long, narrow, hyahne or subhyahne; base and sometimes part of 

 the costal area coriaceous and punctate; veins strong; five apical and three or four discoidal cells; 

 apical hmbus broad. Hind wings w ith three apical cells. Legs stout; all three pairs of tibias more or 

 less flattened and fohaceous ; all tarsi about equal in length. 



Type tarandus Fabricius. 



Geographical distribution : This genus has a vvide distribution over practicall}- all of Africa 

 and a considerable part of Asia and Oceanica. 



1. binsants Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. App. 148. 3336 (1916). 



2. bisenti Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. XVI : 94. 322 (igiS). 



3. caudattis Buckton, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. IX : 9. 335 (1905). 



4. crinitus Buckton, Mon. Memb. 247 (1903). 



5. ddalandei Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 268. 3 (1846). 



6. egyptiamis Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. XVI : 94. 322 (igiS) 



7. formidahilis Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. App. 146. 3333 (igi6). 



8. gambice Fairmaire, Rev. Memb. 269. 4 (1846) 



g. gibbulus Mehchar, Wien. Ent. Zeit. XXIV : 294. 52 (igo^). 



10. labatus Buckton, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. IX : 9. 335 (igo5). 



11. lamborni Distant, Rhynch. Notes 19 (igi6). 



12. latipes Buckton, Mon. Memb. 253 (igo3). 



i3. lefroyi Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. App. 147. 3335 (1916). 



14. mangiferana Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. App. 147. 333^ (igi6). 



i5. nigropictus Distant, Rhynch. Notes 20 (1916). 



16. palus Buckton, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. IX : 333 (igo5). 



17. paudatus Distant, Rhynch. Notes 20 (igi6). 



18. rufescens Walker, List Hom. B.M. 5o6. 7 (i85i). 



rudis Walker, List Hom. B. M. Sog i3 (i85i). 



19. subjecta Walker, List Hom. B.M. 504. 2 (i85i). 



20. subserrala Walker, List Hom. B. M, 5o6 (i85i). 



India, Binsar, Kumaon. 

 Africa, Natal, Durban, Rhod- 



esia, SaHsbury, Nyasaland, 



Mlanje, Dowa. 

 .Africa, Natal, Zululand. 

 Ceylon, Kaits. 

 Africa, Natal, Cape of Good 



Hope, Rhodesia, Egypt, 



Mariut, Tunis, Morocco, 



Sicily, Syria. 

 Africa, Upper Egypt, North 



litbai. 

 India, Dehra Dun, Suraj Bagh, 



Salem, Athurkuppam. 

 Africa, Senegal, Gambia. 

 Africa, Dutch East Africa, 



Tanga, Egypt, Cairo, Basse 



Guiba. 

 Africa, Abyssinia. 

 Africa, South Nigeria. 

 Africa, Natal. Durban. 

 India, Pusa. 



India, Dehra Dun, Suraj Bagh . 

 Africa, British East Africa, 



Nzoia River. 

 India, Bangalore, Coimbatore. 

 Africa. Carneroons. 

 India, North Bengal, Calcutta, 



South India, Mysore, East 



Bengal, Rajshaki, Satara, 



Medha, Yenua. 

 East Indies, Sumatra, Java. 

 Africa, AngoIa,BeIgian Congo, 



Rhodesia, Victoria Falls. 



