278 Ins. 
KHYNCHOTA. 
bifoveolatus, Herr.-Schaff., episternalis, Muls. & Rey, Icevis , Scott, and 
? cinnamomeus, Garbigl.), pennsylvanicus , Sign. (= Melancethus picinus , 
Uhl.), G. ( Melancethus ) elongatus, Herr.-Schaff. (= oblongus , Ramb.). 
The following known species of Japanese Pentatomidce are noticed by 
Distant (Tr. E. Soc. 1883, pp. 417-427) : — Coptosoma cribrarinm, Fabr., 
var.; Geotomus punctulatus, Costa, var. ; Graphosoma lineatum , Linn., var. 
nigro-lineatum , Rossi ; Palomena angulosa , Motsch. ; Plautia fimbriata , 
Fabr. (= stceli , Scott) ; and Urostylis striicornis , Scott. 
Waterhouse, Aid, ii. pi. csxxv. figs. 1-5, figures Tesseratoma horni- 
mani , Neoglypsus viridicatus, Niarius illuminatus , Cephaloplatys fasci- 
atus , and Tropidocoris japonicus, of Distant. 
Horvdth tabulates the species of Sehirus ; and records from Brussa 
and describes Sehirus cypriacus , Dohrn, Palomena jtrasina, Linn., var. 
rhododactyla , and Dolycoris varicornis , Jak. : Term, fuzetek, vii. pp. 
22-24. 
Berg, An. Soc. Arg. xv. pp. 197-212, notes the following synonyms : — 
JEthus insularis , Westw. (= Cyrtomenus Iceviculus, Berg), Pangceus 
moestus, Stal (= Macroscytus lugubris, Berg, nec Stai), Amnestus sub/err u- 
gineu8 i Westw. (= lautipennis, Berg, nec Stal), Loxa flavicollis , Dru. (= 
Cimex albicollis , Fabr., Pentatoma viridis , Beauv., and Loxa virescem , 
Am. & Serv.). 
Podispu8 spinosus, Dali., and Perillus circumcinctux, Say, noticed and 
figured ; Harrington, Rep. E. Soc. Ont. 1882, p. 57, figs. 64 & 65. 
Tholagmus sardous , Costa, = Jlavo-lineatus, Fabr., var. ; Puton, Rev. 
d’Ent. ii. p. 286. 
Podops, Lesp., and Scotinophora , Stal. Synopsis of European species 
(11) ; the former genus is divided into 3 subgenera ; the plate represents 
the head and thorax of all the species: Horv&th, Wien. ent. Z. ii. 
pp. 133-138 & 161-167, pi. ii. 
Scotinophora sicula , Costa, var. (?) cornuta from Sennaar described; 
id. 1. c. p. 167. 
Murgantia histrionica } Hahn, discussed ; Lintner, Rep. Ins. N. York, i. 
pp. 264-271, fig. 77. 
Euschistus picticornis , Stal, redescribed ; Berg, l. c. p. 206. 
Plinocoris stceli, Sahib. (1878), = Elasmostethus dorsalis , Jak., and be- 
longs to Glinocoris ; Jakovleff, Rev. mens. Ent. i. p. 110. 
New genera and species : — 
Petalodera , Horv&th, Wien. ent. Z. ii. p. 138. Subgenus of Podops. 
To indlude P. dilatata (Fieb.), Put., and P. buccata , sp. n., 1. c. p. 138, 
Bousaada, Algeria. 
Opocrates, id. 1. c. p. 161. Subgenus of Podops. To include P. curvi- 
dens , Costa, and annulicornis , Jak. ; add 0. dalmatina , Dalmatia, p. 162, 
incerta } Astracan, p. 162, and rectidens, Dobrudsca, p. 163, spp. nn., 
1. c. 
Storthecoris , id. 1. c. p. 296. Allied to Scotinophora and Amauro- 
pepla , Stal. Type, S. nigriceps , sp. n., 1. c. p. 297, Himalaya. 
Neocazira, Distant, Tr. E. Soc. 1883, p. 420. Allied to Cazira ; 
