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the anterior margin ; lateral angles somewhat prominent and rounded : 

 scutellum thickly covered with deep black punctures, slightly rugulose 

 at the base : corium thickly and deeply punctured, with the connexivum 

 luteous, punctured with black : body beneath pale luteous, slightly 

 clouded with greenish : legs greenish, tarsi luteoas. 



$ . Second joint of antennae distinctly longer than the third ; 2 and 

 4 subequal : abdomen beneath with some irregular obscare black 

 markings (Distant). Long-, 11 — 12 ; breadth angles of pronotum 6 — 7 

 mill. 



Reported from Murree (Panjab). 



167. Palomena amplificata. Distant. 

 Palomena amplificata, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 148, t. 5, f. 2 (1880). 

 Above green, thickly punctured ; head densely and finely punctu- 

 late, the lateral margins slightly reflexed, juga longer than the tylus 

 and cleft at the apex ; pronotum thickly punctate and somewhat rugu- 

 lose, the lateral margins amplified and rounded, lateral angles obtusely 

 prominent; scutellum thickly punctured, somewhat rugulose : corium 

 with the punctures somewhat finer and more regular ; membrane brassy, 

 shining : body beneath paler, disc of abdomen and the coxee pale lute- 

 ous ; legs green ; tarsi brown ; connexivum well produced, green, thick- 

 ly punctured : antennae green, 4 and 5 joints brown, the last joint with 

 apical half pitchy ; second joint longer than the third ; 4 and 5 sub- 

 equal : rostrum pale luteous, with a median dark line, and apex nar- 

 rowly pitchy (Distant). Long, 13 — 14 ; breadth of angles of pronotum 

 8 — 9 ; greatest breadth of abdomen, 8 — 9 mill. 



Reported from Shantung (N. China) ; Assam (?) ; recognized by 

 the amplified pronotum and the broad ovate body. 



168. Palomena vieidissima, Poda von Neuhaus. 



Cimex viridissimus, Poda, Ins. Mns. Gr. p. 56 (1761). 



Cimexprasinus, ¥ahr., Syst. Ent., p. 711 (1775) ; Spec. Ins. ii, p. 354 (1781) ; 

 Mant. Ins., ii, p. 292 (1787) ; Ent. Syst., iv, p. 109 (1794) ; Sjsfc. Rhyng., p. 166' 

 (1803) : Wolff, Ic. Cim., p. 52, t. 6, f. 49 (1801). 



Cimex prasinus, Fieb., Eur. Hem., p. 339 (1861). 



Palomena viridissima, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 28X1868)'; Muls. and Rey, Pun. 

 France, p. 277 (1866) ; Distant, Soien. Res. 2nd Yar. Miss., p. 5 (1879). 



Body entirely green, immaculate, last joint of antennae rufous, 

 fuscous at apex (G. prasinus, Fabr.). Body ovate, with head, pronotum, 

 hemelytra, scutellum, and feet, green ; abdomen above black : antennae 

 5-jointed, first joint short, 2 and 3 green, 4 and 5 rufous,flast fuscous 

 at apex : eyes small, obscurely fuscous : rostrum 4- jointed, yellow- 



