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parent : margins of abdomen black : the abdomen beneath, smooth and 

 shining, impunctate, tinted with violet ; stigmata yellowish : pectus 

 violet-black, strongly wrinkled ; prostethiiim castaneous with a violet- 

 black, wrinkled patch ; sternnm pale : legs pitchy castaneous, slightly 

 shining, with numerous minute tubercles ; tarsi paler : rostrum castane- 

 ous, with the tip black : antennte black ; apical joint bright orange, with 

 the base black (Dallas). Long, 30-31 mill. 

 Reported from China, India (?). 



380. EuEOSTUS GEOSSiPES, Dallas. 



Uurostus grossipes, Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 343 (1851) : Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 

 468 (1868) : Stal, En. Hem., i, p. 72 (1870) ; Distant, A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 45 

 (1879). 



Head, pronotum and scutellum opaque, pitchy, with a greenish 

 tinge : pronotum faintly wrinkled transversely, with a leathery appear- 

 ance ; lateral margins narrowly edged with brown : scutellum coarsely 

 wrinkled, with the whole surface also finely wrinkled and sparingly 

 punctured; the apex much hollowed, impunctate, dull orange: coria- 

 ceous portion of the hemelytra deep pitchy brown, opaque ; membrane, 

 pale brown, opaque : margins of the abdomen of the same colour as the 

 pronotum with a dull oraugo band at the base of each segment : ab- 

 domen beneath dull violet, opaque, with the lateral margins and the 

 obtuse median ridge, pale fulvous brown : pectus dull violet, wrinkled, 

 with the margins and the sternum brown : legs pale fulvous brown ; 

 posterior femora very stout : rostrum brown : antennse with the basal 

 joint brown, second black, extreme tip of fourth joint slightly ferruginous 

 (Dallas). Long, 35-36 mill. 



Reported from Assam, Sikkim (mihi). 



Genus Mattiphus, Am. & Serv. 



Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem., p. 168 (1843) : Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 344 (1851) ; 

 Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 468 (1868) ; Stal, Hem. Afrio. i, p. 225 (1864) ; En. Hem., 

 i, p. 72 (1870). 



Pronotum dilated laterally, transversely quadrate, anterior angles 

 long, rather pointed, anterior margins slightly roundly emarginate : 

 sternum with a rather narrow ridge, very distinct, situate between the 

 intermediate and last pair of feet : abdomen not or scarcely extending 

 beyond the hemelytra on each side : the other characters as in Fycanuin 

 (Am. ^ Serv.). 



