Rhynchota .. . d ; antennai with the basal joint only slightlythickened, about as long as head, second joint twice as long as first(remaining joints mutilated in typical specimen) ; rostrum reachingthe posterior coxae ; pronotum much broader than long, moderatelyconvex, deflected anteriorly, lateral margins oblique, anterior and])c)sterior margins truncate; scutellum somewhat small andconvex; corium (excluding cuneus) about twice as long as broad,slightly longer than posterior tibiae, cuneus triangularly elongate,its apex acute ; membrane considerably passing the abdominal apexand with a subqu
Rhynchota .. . d ; antennai with the basal joint only slightlythickened, about as long as head, second joint twice as long as first(remaining joints mutilated in typical specimen) ; rostrum reachingthe posterior coxae ; pronotum much broader than long, moderatelyconvex, deflected anteriorly, lateral margins oblique, anterior and])c)sterior margins truncate; scutellum somewhat small andconvex; corium (excluding cuneus) about twice as long as broad,slightly longer than posterior tibiae, cuneus triangularly elongate,its apex acute ; membrane considerably passing the abdominal apexand with a subquadrate posteriorly subtruncate cell; legs ofmoderate length, the posterior femora distinctly thicliened, tibiaespinulose, posterior tarsi with the first and second joints subequalin length. Allied to Megaccelum. ;5()1S. Philostephanus vitaliter, D«6-^. A. M. X. H. (8) iv, p. 449 (1909). Head ochraceous, speckled with fuscous ; antennae with the firstjoint ochraceous speckled with fuscous, second joint Fig. 129.—Philustephamis vitcditert centrally paler (remaining joints mutilated in typical specimen);pronotum shining black, posterior margin very narrowly anda short central basal linear spot ochraceous ; scutfUum shinni 240 APPENDIX. CAPSID^. black, with a small ocbraceous spot at each basal angle; claA^usand coriura fuscous, largely and somewhat densely mottled withpale ocbraceous ; cuneus fuscous, its basal area greyish, the extremeapex pale ocbraceous; membrane pale fuscous with large greyishsuffusions ; body beneatb and legs ocbraceous, a sublateral piceousfascia on each side of sternum, and a similar but narrower andmore obscure fascia on each side of abdomen; all the femora andtibisB annulated with fuscous ; head in front of eyes transverselystriate, the eyes slightly projecting beyond the anterior marginof the pronotum; other structural characters as in genericdiagnosis. Length 8k millim. Hab. Simla. Genus TANCREDUS. Tancredus, Dtst. vol. ii, p. 430 (1904). l
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