. Rhynchota ... r next the angular veins ; 5 P^l^ green, the spotson the elytra reduced to two on the clavus, one at the apex, theother near the base, and one or two on the coiium next theangular veins. Crown obtusely produced in front. Head, pro-notum and scutellum sometimes marked with fuscous or black, inthe apex of each Ming a fuscous streak. Abdomen black, hindmargins of the segments narrowly pale. Legs pale : tibia^ some-times dark towards the apex, and ^ith dark points on the outerside. (Edwards.) I have not seen the species from the Orient, the above is adescription of it as found in E
. Rhynchota ... r next the angular veins ; 5 P^l^ green, the spotson the elytra reduced to two on the clavus, one at the apex, theother near the base, and one or two on the coiium next theangular veins. Crown obtusely produced in front. Head, pro-notum and scutellum sometimes marked with fuscous or black, inthe apex of each Ming a fuscous streak. Abdomen black, hindmargins of the segments narrowly pale. Legs pale : tibia^ some-times dark towards the apex, and ^ith dark points on the outerside. (Edwards.) I have not seen the species from the Orient, the above is adescription of it as found in England. I have figured a J and2 example taken in Silesia by Dr. Eger, in which the 2 specimen * The vertex would be better described as about one third as long as thepronotum. BALCLUTHA. 369 is almost unicolorous, the black spots being practically indis-cernible. Length J & 2 3| to 4 millim. Hah. Ceylon : Peradeniya {fide Melichar).—New Guinea {fideMelicliar). Japan {fide Matsuniura). Generally distributed. Fie. 234.—BakliUha punctata. throughout the Pal^arctic Eegiou. Nearctic Kegion. Canada,eastern United States to Iowa and Texas {fide Van Duzee). 2625. Balclutha lineata, Melich. (Guathodus) JLm. Faun. Ceylon,p. 208 (1903) ; id. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 304 (lUOoj. Elongate, narrow, yellowish-white or pale yellowish; vertexrounded, ocelli near the eyes, distinctly visible at passage ofvertex to front; pronotum with five rusty-yellow longitudniallines, of which the middle one is produced on the scutel urn tothe impressed transverse line, the adjoining lines form indistmctspots in the basal angles ; tegmina hyaline, du-ty-yellow, some-times reddish-yellow, with white veins which are margined ^^■ltllbrown in the apical area and are therefore more stronglyprominent, frequently the middle apical cell is quite filled withbrown and this stripe extends upwards into the cornim ; wingshvaline, vitreous, with delicate veins; underside pale yellowl;dorsum black ; legs pale yellowi
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