HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 
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robusti, tibiis poslicis luteo unimacu/alis sublux unidenlalis, libiis 
quatuor anlerioribus tarsisque luleis ; membrana basi atra. 
Crinocerus ponderosus, Walk. List Ceylon Ins. 
Male and female. Dark brown, in colour and structure like A. 
scabrator. First joint of tlie antennae bardly shorter than the second; 
third shorter than the second, luteous at the base; fourth luteoiis, very 
much shorter than the third. Prolhorax finely scabrous; sides very 
slightly undulating; hind part dilated ; hind angles rectangular. Abdo- 
men with luteous spots along each side; disk red. Femora minutely 
tuberculate. Hind femora much incrassated, dentate beneath. Hind 
tibiae slightly widened and with a luteous spot before the middle, with a 
tooth beneath beyond the middle. Tarsi and four anterior tibiae luteous. 
Membrane of the fore wings deep black towards the base. Length of the 
body 6 lines. 
a — h. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 
Genus 7. PETALOCNEMIS. 
Pelalocnemis, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1853, 259. Hem. Afr. ii. 58. 
A. Rostrum extending between the middle coxae; second 
joint longer by half than the third. Antennae 
shorter than the body by nearly a third, blind 
tibiae somewhat longer than the hind femora. - spinulosa. 
B. Rostrum hardly extending beyond the fore coxae; 
second and third joints nearly equally long. 
Antennae shorter than the body by half or by more 
than half. Hind tibiae hardly longer than the hind 
femora. 
a. Body bristly. Sides of the prothorax widened into a 
short process in front of the posterior angles, denticulata, sabulosa. 
b. Sides of the prothorax with no lobes. - - pachycera. 
1. Petalocnemis spinulosa. 
Acanthocoris spinulosus, Slal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1858, 316— Petaloc- 
uemis spinulosa, Slal, Hem. Afr. ii. 58. 
South Africa. 
1. Petalocnemis denticulata. 
Acanthocoris denticulatus, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1855, 32 — Petaloc- 
nerais denticulata, Slal, Hem. Afr. ii. 59. 
CaflFraria. 
3. Petalocnemis sabulosa. 
sabulosa, Stal, Hem, Afr. ii. 60. 
Caffraria. 
