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hidian Museum Notes. 



[ Vol. Ill, 



A NEW CAPSID PEST. 



By MoNs. L. Lethiehry. 



Calocoris angustatus (^) Leth. nov. sp. 



Valde eloni^atnp, sorditie flavesceus : antennis fulvis, articulo primo 



sat robustOjlong-itudini capitis sequali, 

 secundo longissimo, gracili, primo 

 quadruple longiore, tertio, quarto et 

 quinto sequalibus, g-racillimis, longi- 

 tudine primo sequalibus. Pronotum 

 tiapeziforme, punctulatura, angulis 

 posticis ?at proininentibus, parum 

 acutis, leviter obtusiuscnlis, anticis 

 obtusis, margine antico collari dis- 

 tinctissimo, calloso, teitia parte 

 antica pronoti callo robusto, lato, in 

 medio emarginato, obtecfa. Heme- 

 lytris flavis punctatis, parce f ulvo- 

 pubescentibus, clavo et parte suturali 

 eorii roseis, interdum coneoloribus : 

 pedibus coneoloribus, tibiis spinulis 



nigris decern aut undeeim iu parte externa armatis, tarsis apice fuscis. 

 Long. 6 — 7 millim. 



Forma angustata congenerieis Europoeis distinclissimus. 



Prov. — Madras. 



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

 {Sorghum vulgare) in the South Arcot District of the Madras Presidencj'— Ed. 



