Rhynchota .. . onger than thecentral, divided at their apices, their lateral margins somewhatlaminately reflexed ; rostrum just passing the i:)Osterior coxse;first joint of antennae not reaching apex of head ; pronotum withthe lateral angles produced in broad truncate processes, theirapices directed forward and a little upward, their margins dentate,anterior lateral margins crenulate; membrane Mith the veinssparingly furcate ; abdomen beneath somewhat gibbous on basalarea, unarmed at base ; mesosternum centrally carinate. This genus is abnormal in having the tarsi of two joints only. 324. Comp
Rhynchota .. . onger than thecentral, divided at their apices, their lateral margins somewhatlaminately reflexed ; rostrum just passing the i:)Osterior coxse;first joint of antennae not reaching apex of head ; pronotum withthe lateral angles produced in broad truncate processes, theirapices directed forward and a little upward, their margins dentate,anterior lateral margins crenulate; membrane Mith the veinssparingly furcate ; abdomen beneath somewhat gibbous on basalarea, unarmed at base ; mesosternum centrally carinate. This genus is abnormal in having the tarsi of two joints only. 324. Compastes bliutanicus,Dall. (Cimex:^) Tr. V, p. 190, pi. 19, f. 4(1849J. Dark browuish-ochraceous,thickly and rather darkly punc-tate ; pronotum and coriumsomewhat rugulose and subno-dulose; scutellum transverselyrugulose ; pronotal anglesarmed at their apices withfine spines, of which theposterior is most acute, theanterior angles each termi-nating in a distinct spine behind the eye : body beneath ochraceous,. Fig. 123.— Corn-pastes hhutanicus. AMASENUS. 201 thickly speckled with reddish, except on the head and lateralareas of the sternum, which are hrownly punctate ; legs brownish-ochraceous mottled with reddish-brown ; antennte brownish-ochra-ceous, apical joint of each luteous with its apex infuscated. Length 17 to 20; bi*eadth between prouotal angles 11 to13 millim. Hah. Bhutan {Brit. Miis.). 8ikhim (Atl-insoji Coll.). Cachar(Wood-Mason). Burma; Huhy Mines {DoJiert>/). 325, Compastes exstimulatus, sp. n. Allied in general structure, colour, and appearance to C. hhuta-nicus, but differing in the following characters :—the head has adistinct spine in front of each eye ; the anterior pronotal anglesbehind eyes are produced in a somewhat long curved spine, behindwhich are two prominent spines on the anterior lateral margins ;the apices of the pronotal angles are broadly concave betw een twoprominent spines and two similar spines on the anterior lateralmargin, these pro
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