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before the obtuse-angled, rounded humeri somewhat straight. Scutel- 

 lum ovate almost twice as long as the pronotum, almost one-half longer 

 than basal breadth, shorter than abdomen, moderately convex, basal 

 semilunar elevation rather high, flatly inclined at the sides, posteriorly 

 convexly sloped, somewhat depressed and truncate at the extreme apex ; 

 densely punctured, basal callus smooth, shining coerulean or cyaneous, 

 sides and apex more or less purple. 



87. Chrtsocoris purpureus, Westwood. 



Cimex stocherus, Fabricius, (nee Linn.) Syst. Ent. p. 696 (1775) ; Spec. Ins. ii, 

 p. 338 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. ii, p. 280 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iv, p. 79 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. 

 Cim. ii, p. 47, t. 5, f. 44 (1801) : Stoll, Punaises, p. 17, f. 15, 16A. (1788). 



TeUjra stockerus, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 131 (1803). 



Scutellera stockerus, Latr,, Gen. Ins. iii, p. 131 (1807). 



Callidea stockerus, Bnrm,, Handb. ii (i) p. 394 (1835) : Westwood in Donovan's 

 Ins. China, p. 48, t, 21, f. 1 (1842). 



Callidea purpurea, Westwood, Hope, Oat. Hem. i, p. 15 (1837) : Germar, 

 Zeitschr. i (i) p. 115 (1839) ; Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 26 (1851) ; Vollenhoven, 

 Faune Ent. I'Arch. Indo-Neer. i, p. 31 (1863) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 26 (1867). 



C. (Ghrysocoris) purpureus, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 10, 11(1868) ; En. Hem. iii, 

 p. 21 (1873) : Distant, A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 44 (1879). 



Casrulean-purple : pronotum with 5 and scutellum with 6-7 spots, 

 antennae and tarsi, black ; body beneath, luteous, margined purple and 

 with purple stigmata ; anus golden ; femora luteous with apex and 

 tibife purple ; tarsi black (G. ^^urpureus, Westw.J Stal notes that in his 

 examples the pronotum has only two spots anteriorly and the discoidal 

 spot on the scutellum is smallish and oblong. Vollenhoven gives the 

 colour above as deep blue, head slightly tumid, and transversely 

 wrinkled, eyes blackish, ocelli yellowish-brown ; antennae black, first 

 joint blue, orange at the base, second joint one-fourth the length of the 

 third in the 9 : basal half of the rostrum yellow, rest brown, reaching 

 second ventral segment : pronotum rather elevated, without a transverse 

 groove, strongly punctured, with five (2 and 3) black spots : scutellum 

 strongly punctured (except at the basal elevation which is almost 

 smooth,) with six black spots arranged in two rows and a median trian- 

 gular spot which is sometimes obsolete and is replaced by a green re- 

 flection : body beneath yellow or orange with the exception of the head 

 and the margins of the pectus which are violet, of the margin of the 

 abdomen which is purple and of a basal spot on the venter and small 

 stigmatal spots which are black : feet orange as far as two-thirds of the 

 femora, remainder violet, tarsi black. Body long. 15-17 mill. 



Reported from Bengal, Bombay, Assam. Specimens from Assam 

 vary in colour from purplish to sanguineous above. The Indian museum 

 has specimens from Utakamand, S. India and Bihar. 



