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Div. PlEZODORARIA. 

 En. Hem. v, p, 66, (1876). 



a. h, c. as in Hoplistoderaria, (p. QQ). 



d. e. as in Menidaria, (p. 133). 



/. Tibi93 generally rounded, rarely furnished above with a narrow 

 and obsolete f arrow, or flat and immarginate : venter spinose at the base, 

 spine sometimes extended to the head : apical angles of the sixth abdo- 

 minal segment sometimes produced in a large acute tooth (Stdl), 



Genus Piezodorus, Fieber. 



Enr. Hem. p. 78, 329, (1861) ; Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 367, (1867) ; Stal, En. 

 Hem. V, p. 66, 100 (1876). 



Body oblong-obovate, smooth : head short, rounded in front ; basal 

 joint of the antennae shorter than the head, third joint longer than 

 second and as long as the fourth ; rostrum extended to between or behind 

 the intermediate coxae, somewhat slender, first joint not reaching the 

 base of the buccul^, second joint shorter or about as long as the third 

 which is thickened at the end ; anterior margin of the pronotum with a 

 callous elevation, only very narrowly smooth ; extreme apex of clavus 

 with a punctiform black or fuscous spot ; membrane colourless : basal 

 spine on venter long, mesostethial ridge anteriorly elevated and there 

 incrassate or generally laminate, usually also freely prominulous between 

 the first pair of coxse ; spiracula black ; furrow of the odoriferous aper- 

 ture long, continued in a ridge or wrinkle : apical angle of sixth ab- 

 dominal segment not produced in a large tooth. 



249. Piezodorus rubro-pasciatus, Fabricius. 



Cimex ruhro-fasciatus, Fabr., Mant. Ins. ii, p. 293, (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iy, p. 114, 

 1794) : Syst. Rhyng. p. 170, (1803). 



Cimex hilhneri, Gmclin, ed., Syst. Nat. i, (4), p. 2151, (1788). 



Cimex jiavescens, Fabr., Ent. Syst. Suppt. p. 531, (1798); Syst. Rliyng. p. 168, 

 (1803). 



Rhaphigaster fiavolineatus, Westwood, Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 31, (1837) ; Dallas, 

 List Hem. i, p. 283, (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 364, (1867). 



Rhaphigaster virescens, Am. & Serv., Hist, Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 148, (1843). 



Nezara pellucida, Ellenr., Nat. Tidsskr. Ned. Ind. xxiv, p. 157, f. 26, (1862) ; 

 Walker, 1. c. p. 367, (1867). 



Rhaphigaster oceanicus, Montr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon. (2 s.) xi, p. 224. (1865). 



Piez^orus rubro-fasciatus, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 32, (1868) ; En. Hem. v, p. 100, 

 (1876) : Scott, A. M. N. H. (4 s.) xiv, p, 290, (1874) Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 415, 

 (1883) : Lethierry, Ann. Mas. Gen. xviii, p. 703, (1883). 



Above virescent, beneath flavescent : pronotum posteriorly more 

 obscure, furnished with a sanguiucous band (Fabr.). Above and feet 



