14 E, T. Atkinson —A^o^es on hidian Rhyncliofca. [No. I, 



153. Laprius gastricus, Tlmnberg. 



Cimex gastricus, Thunb., Hem. Rostr. Cap. ii, p. 1 (1822). 



Paramecocoris gastricus, Stal, Ofvers. K. Y.-A. Forh. p. 182 (1855) ; 1. c, p. 56 

 (1856) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 178 (1867). 



Laprius gastricus, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 52 (1876) : Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc, 

 p. 415 (1883). 



Yellow-testaceous, densely and somewliat deeply punctured black 

 fuscous : head with, the sides parallel, oblique from the middle : scntel- 

 lum furnished on both sides at the base with a yellow testaceous callus, 

 impunctate : membrane fuscescent : body beneath with feet, of a weaker 

 colour, less densely punctured ; abdomen with a blackish streak on both 

 sides ; antennas rufescent, two last joints fuscous, sordid yellow at the 

 base (Stal). Long, 9; broad, 5 mill. 



Reported from India, Japan. 



Genus ^dnus, Dallas. 

 List Hem. i, p. 144 (1851) : En. Hem. v, p. 54 (1876). 



Head rather short, rounded and slightly emarginate at the apex, 

 with the juga meeting beyond the tylus ; eyes prominent ; ocelli minute, 

 distant ; antennse about half the length of the body, S-jointed ; basal 

 joint shortest, not reaching the apex of the head ; second joint shorter 

 than the third, which is shorter than the fourth ; fifth joint longest : 

 rostrum rather short, not reaching the posterior coxae, slender, inserted 

 about the middle of the under surface of the head ; basal joint reaching 

 the base of the head ; second joint longest, third longer than the first, 

 fourth shortest : body ovate : pronotura transverse with the anterior 

 angles projecting beyond the eyes : scutellum about two-thirds of the 

 length of the abdomen, becoming narrower from the base to about the 

 middle, then straight to the apex, which is broad and rounded : mem- 

 brane with 4-5 longitudinal veins which are more or less ramose or 

 somewhat reticulated at the apical margin : abdomen and sternum 

 unarmed : legs moderate : femora with a double row of minute spines 

 or tubercles on the under side, especially towards the apex : tarsi 3- 

 jointed, with the basal and apical joints about equal (Dallas). Distin- 

 guished by the large size of the scutellum which reaches nearly to the 

 apex of the body and thus gives it a great resemblance to Podoj)s. 



154. -^DNUS OBSCURUS, Dallas. 

 JEdnus ohscurus, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 145, t. 3, f. 5 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. 

 i, p. 182(1867); Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 623 (1870); En. Hem. v, p. 54 

 (1876). 



vEdmis similis, Hag]., Stettin Ent. Zeit. xxix, p, 154 (186S) ; Walker, Cat. Het. 

 iii, p. 539 (1868). 



? . Above pitch}^, obscure, very thickly punctured and some- 



