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Pronotal disc pale unicoloured, black spots on posterior angles sometimes present. Legs with 

 apices of femora and bases of tibiae tinged with red. Hemielytra tinged brownish black. 

 Abdomen with dorsum tinged with light brown, venter pale ochraceous. Posterior margin of 

 seventh abdominal tergum truncate, pygophore elongated, thinner in middle, posterior margin 

 emarginate (Text-fig. 138). 



<£ genitalia : Claspers long, uniformly thin and rounded at apices (Text-fig. 139) ; dorsal 

 thecal appendages absent ; ventral pair thinner at bases, thick and rounded at apices ; four 

 left lateral conjunctival appendages as in Text-fig. 141 ; frontal conjunctival appendages 

 paired, comparatively short and thick, left uniformly thin and curved ; four right lateral con- 

 junctival appendages as in Text-fig. 141 ; dorsal appendage as in Text-fig. 141. 



$. Body length, 15-5-16-0 mm., width, 2-1-2-2 mm. Head length, 1-8-2-0 mm., width, 

 I '3 _I "35 mm. Antennae, segment I, 3-5-3-6 mm., II, 2-3-2-4 mm., Ill, 2-4-2-5 mm., IV, 

 3-9-4-1 mm. Rostrum, segment I, 1-3-1-4 mm., II, 1-4-1-5 mm., Ill, 0-7-0-8 mm., IV, 

 0-75-0-8 mm. Pronotum, length, 2-3-2-6 mm., width, 21-2-2 mm. Hind femora, 6-0-6-3 mm. 

 Hind tibia, 6-3-6-6 mm. Distance between ocelli, 0-4-0-5 mm., distance between an ocellus 

 and an eye, 0-66-0-7 mm. 



Very similar to 0* in general appearance and colour but usually larger ; posterior margin of 

 seventh abdominal sternum with " U "-shaped indentation in the middle and curved towards 

 extremities as in Text-fig. 142. 



$ genitalia : First gonocoxae with outer margin irregular, apices rounded (Text-fig. 146), 

 almost triangular in external view ; intervalvular sacs absent ; spermatheca irregular, thicker 

 in middle, with a long and coiled tube of varying thickness (Text-fig. 147). 



05 mm. 



Figs. 138-141. Stenocoris phthisica.g. 138, terminalia, dorsal view ; 139, claspers, inner 

 and outer views ; 140 head, dorsal view ; 141, aedeagus (inflated), ventral view. 



