LYCARTA. 



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Genus LYCARIA, Stdl 



Lycaria, StSl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. xiv, 1857, p. 59; Chapuis, Gen. 



'Col. x, 1874, p. 420. 

 Lyqaria, Jacoby, Novit. Zool. i, 1894, p. 521 ; Weise, Deutsche Ent. 

 Zeitschr. 1895, p. 349; op. cit. 1900, p. 269. 



Genotype, Lycaria westermanni, Stal 1857 (Assam). 



Body ovate, strongly convex. The apical segment of the 

 maxillary palp is smooth, truncate and conical, the two preceding 

 segments much thicker, club-shaped, and almost equal to each 

 other in length. Eyes oblong, inner margin sharply emarginate. 

 Antennas much dilated towards the apex. Prothorax almost as 

 broad at base as the elytra. Scutellum triangular with apex 

 rounded. Elytra punctate-striate, each with twenty rows of 

 punctures, of which eighteen are more or less arranged in pairs. 

 Presternum narrow, anterior coxal cavities closed. Claws each 

 divided into two parts, the inner one being smaller. 



This genus was founded by Stal on an insect from Assam which 

 he called L. westermanni, but it has since been taken in Siam, 

 Burma and North India ; thus it is evident that the insect has a 

 wide range. Stal spelt the generic name with a " c," not a " g" 

 as is given by Weise, Col. Cat., part 68, p. 197, 1916. The 

 " c " was changed to " g " by Gemminger and Harold (Munich Cat., 

 xi, 1874, p. 3456) for etymological reasons, and other authors 

 have followed them. I adhere to the original spelling. 



Mange, as stated above. 



55. Lycaria westermanni, Still. 



Lycaria westermanni, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. xiv, 1857, p. 59. 



Body oval, very convex. Colour yellow-brown to dark brown, 

 that of the six apical segments of the antennas piceous. 



Head: surface covered with fine and coarser punctures, the 

 finer ones being mostly in the middle ; clypeus well marked oft: 

 and covered with coarser punctures. Antennas extending slightly 

 beyond the base of the pronotum, first segment dilated, second 

 globular, third club-shaped ; from the fourth to the eleventh each 

 segment is considerably dilated, with the root constricted, smooth 

 and shiny, the dilated portion being opaque and hairy ; the last 

 segment is bluntly conical. Prothoracc almost as broad as the 

 base of the elytra, convex, sides rounded ; upper surface shilling 

 and very sparsely covered with finer and coarser punctures, the 

 latter being more numerous at the sides. Scutellum triangular, 

 with surface smooth and impunctate. Elytra convex, humerus 

 prominent ; each elytron has a single row of punctures along 

 the suture and nine pairs of rows on the disc; the latter rows, 

 though not very regular as regards the position of the punctures 

 within each row, can yet be easily recognized as forming paired 

 series ; the rows converge and meet in pairs towards the apex. 



