1889.] E. T. Atkinson— A^o/es on Imlinn Rliyiicliotn. 



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beneath with feet, apex of scutellum and marginal spots on abdomen, 

 sordid testaoeous-flavescent : tibise above margined blaok : eyes large : 

 lateral angles of pronotum somewhat prominent, anterior lateral margins 

 somewhat straight : last femora beneath with two spines at the apex 

 (Stdl). Long, 24; broad, 12 mill. 

 Reported from Ligor, Malacca. 



Genus Pygoi'LATys, DaUas. 



List Hem., i, p. 338 (1851): Walker, Cat. Het., i, p. 459 (1868) ; Stal, En. Hem., i, 

 p. 69 (1870). 



Head not broader than long, somewhat pointed in front, scai'cely 

 emarginate with the lateral margins plane : antenniB 4-jointed, rather 

 stoat, basal joint not reaching the apex of the head, second joint longer 

 than the third, fourth about equal to the second : rostrum 4-jointed, 

 reaching the middle of the space between the anterior and intermediate 

 coxffi, second joint longest ; basal joint very thick, about as long as the 

 fourth, fourth longer than the third : pronotum with the lateral angles 

 produced into broad fiat processes, or strong, pointed spines ; the pos- 

 terior margin produced in a semicircle over the base of the scutellum : 

 pectus with a very strong ridge, attached to the metastethium, where it 

 is somewhat pentagonal, deeply emarginate posteriorly for the reception 

 of the ventral spine, produced anteriorly in a long free spine, reaching 

 far forwards and considerably depi'essed at its apex ; mesostethium with 

 a distinct canal in which the apex of the rostrum reposes : scutellum 

 somewhat obtuse at the apex, distinctly channelled : abdomen oblong, 

 nearly as broad at the apex as at the base, projecting far beyond the 

 hemelytra on each side, with the posterior angles of the apical segment 

 produced ; Vulvar plates very broad ; basal plates received in a semicir- 

 cular eraargination in the middle o£ the apical sigment of the abdomen ; 

 lateral plates transverse, with their apices acute and with a strong tooth 

 in the middle of their posterior margins ; median plates united, forming 

 a single, somewhat quadrate piece, widened behind, with two strong 

 spines on its posterior margin and its lateral angles rather acute ; there 

 are thus eight teeth in the space between the posterior angles of the 

 abdomen: legs moderate; femora unarmed; tarsi 3-jointed (Ballas). 



367. Pygoplatys acutus, Dallas. 



Fygoplatys acutus, Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 3i0 (1851} ; Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 

 460 (1868) ; Stal, En. Hem., i, p. 69 (1870). 



Py(joplatyx ro.ieus, Voll., Eaun. Ent. I'Aroh. Ind. Neer., iii, p. 24, note, (1868). 



9 . Above pale brown, thickly and rather strongly punctured : pro- 



