. Rhynchota ... lear are merely means to aid classification, a convenient methodfor detaching a group of species with common structural characterswhich are superior to those used in specific differentiation. T!ieimportance of such characters must be estimated according to thepurview of the individual entomologist; they are or should beused to denote a break in sequence. 2715. Paranevisanus subgenericus, sp. u. Head bronzy - black, rugulosely punctate, lateral margins,maro-ins of eyes and a central longitudinal line stramineous ;pronotum ochraceous, coarsely blackly punctate,
. Rhynchota ... lear are merely means to aid classification, a convenient methodfor detaching a group of species with common structural characterswhich are superior to those used in specific differentiation. T!ieimportance of such characters must be estimated according to thepurview of the individual entomologist; they are or should beused to denote a break in sequence. 2715. Paranevisanus subgenericus, sp. u. Head bronzy - black, rugulosely punctate, lateral margins,maro-ins of eyes and a central longitudinal line stramineous ;pronotum ochraceous, coarsely blackly punctate, the anterior and 436 APPENDIX.—PENTATOMID.^. lateral marginal areas bronzy-black, narrow margins and a centrallongitudinal line on anterior half stramineous ; scutellum ochra-ceous, thickly coarsely blackly punctate ; corium dull purplish-brown with a few small ochraceous spots, costal area moreocbraceous thickly punctured with bronzy-black ; membraneshining black ; counexivum bronzy-black, coarsely punctate,. Fig. 263.—Paranevisanus suhgoiericus. spotted with ochraceous, the spots almost impunctate; bodybeneath and legs ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate, head darkerand thickly finely pilose, legs more or less streaked with ochraceous ;rostrum passing the posterior coxas ; abdomen beneath broadlycentrally sulcate at base and centrally longitudinally paler in hue,marginally spotted with ochraceous. Length c? 19 ; breadth between prouotal angles 9 millim. £fab. Kumaon. Genus SCIOCORIS. (Vol. I, p. 125.) SCIOCOEIS LATEEALIS (Vol. I, p. 126). Add :—Hab. Ceylon ; Triucouialee {Green). The Ceylonese examples I have seen are slightly smaller thanthose from the other Indian habitats, and measuie in length from3| to 4 millim. Genus MENEDEMUS. (Vol. 1, p. 127.) 2716. Menedemus vittatus, Dall. (Sciocoris) List Hem. i, p. 133(1851) ; Dist. (Menedemus) A. M. N. 11. (7) iv, p. 429 (1899). Head black, thickly coarsely punctate, with three longitudinalnarrow stramineous fascise, one
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