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Indian Museum Notes. 



[ Vol. III. 



A NEW CAPSID PEST 



By Mons. L. Lkthiehry. 



Calocoris angnstatus ( l ) Leth. nov. sp. 



Valde elongatus, sordide flavescens : autennis fulvis, articulo primo 



sat robustojongitudini capitis sequali, 

 seoundo longissimOj gracili, primo 

 quadruplo longiore, tertio, quarto et 

 quinto sequalibus, gracili imis, lcngi- 

 tudine primo sequalibus. Pronotum 

 trapeziforme, punctnlatum, angulis 

 posticis sat prominentibus, parum 

 acutis, leviter obtusiusculis, anticis 

 obtusis, margine antico collari dis- 

 tinctissimo, calloso, teitia parte 

 antica pronoti callo robusto, lato, in 

 medio emarginato, obtecta. Heme- 

 lytris flavis punctatis, parce f ulvo- 

 pubescentibus, clavo et parte suturali 

 com roseis, interdum concoloribus : 

 pedibus concoloribus,- tibiis spinulis 



nigris decern aut undeeim in parte externa armatis, tarsis apice fuseis. 

 Lonff. 6 — 7 millim. 



Forma angustata congenericis Europceis distinct issimus. 



Prov. — Madras. 



(i) This insect is noticed on page 27 of No. I of this volume. It is said to injure cholum 

 (Sorghum vulgar e) in the South Arcot District of the Madras Presidency— Ed. 



