IIEMIPTERA IIETEROPTERA. 
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The more acute lateral lobes of the bead indicate that the group 
of this genus is distinct from tliat represented b^ •S', varicornis and 
S. pliilippinensis. In differs in like manner from S. indicus, which 
belongs to a third group. 
Formosa. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 
SciOCORIS INDICATOR. 
Cervinus, ovalis, planus suhtiliter punctalus, subtus convex us ; caput 
produclum, lohis laleralibus aculis lobum medium paullo super- 
anlibus ; anlennce niprce, graciles, basi leslacece; thoracis anguli non 
producti ; scutellum apice latum, anguUs basaiibus testaceo-nigris ; 
abdomen plagis duabus ventralibus nigricantibus, guttis marginalibus 
nigris ; pedes pallide testacei, nigro conspersi ; alee anticce breves, 
membrana cinerea trivenosa, vena media trifurcata. 
Fawn-colour, oval, thickly and finely punctured, flat above, convex 
beneath. Head much longer than broad, rather longer than the thorax; 
lateral lobes acute, e.xtending a little beyond the middle lobe. Eyes black, 
small, prominent. Ocelli three, close to the hind border. Rostrum 
extending to the hind coxae. Antennae black, slender, testaceous towards 
the base, almost half the length of the body; third joint as long as the 
second, a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax more than twice as broad 
as long, with a transverse callus on each side near the fore border; fore 
angles not prominent. Scutellum much more than half the length of the 
abdomen, broad and rounded at the tip, with a testaceous point and 
a black point on each basal angle. Abdomen beneath with a blackish 
patch on each side at the base ; two rows of black marginal dots. Legs 
pale testaceous, with black speckles. Corium of the fore wings not 
extending to the tip of the scutellum; membrane cinereous, not extending 
to the tip of the abdomen, with three longitudinal veins, the middle one 
trifurcate. Length of the body 2^ lines. 
The narrow and acute lateral lobes of the head distinguish it from the 
European species. It differs still more from the three Australian groups 
which are represented by S. proxirnus, S. humeralis and S. obscurus. Of 
these S. obscurus comes near to the European group, while the other two 
species approach Pentatoma, as do also all the species of the Australian 
genus Dictyotus, to which S. proxirnus is nearly allied. 
Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 
Page 179. 
Mecidka linearis. 
Ccrataulax vittalus. Sign. 
jEdNUS SIMtLTS. 
similis, Ilagl. Slett. Ent. Zeit. xxix. 154. 
Rangoon. 
