Rhynchota .. . nd almost appearing as a very slight collar, beforethe anterior margin it is transversely impressed and is shglitlytransversely ridged at basal margin; scutellum large, a littlebroader than long, with a very slight longitudinal carinate line;connexivum exposed beyond middle of corium ; membrane slightlypassing abdominal apex and with a distinct basal cell and fivelongitudinal veins ; legs of moderate length, femora thickened. By the character of the basal cell to the membrane, I place thisgenus in the Heterogastrinas. 2812. Meschia pugnax, sp. n. Head and antennae brownish ochra
Rhynchota .. . nd almost appearing as a very slight collar, beforethe anterior margin it is transversely impressed and is shglitlytransversely ridged at basal margin; scutellum large, a littlebroader than long, with a very slight longitudinal carinate line;connexivum exposed beyond middle of corium ; membrane slightlypassing abdominal apex and with a distinct basal cell and fivelongitudinal veins ; legs of moderate length, femora thickened. By the character of the basal cell to the membrane, I place thisgenus in the Heterogastrinas. 2812. Meschia pugnax, sp. n. Head and antennae brownish ochraceous, the latter with theapex of the second joint and the third and fourth joints (excludingbases and apices) more or less fuscous; pronotum ochraceous, theanterior area reddish ochraceous, with two central longitudinalfasciae which are black on anterior area and brownish on posteriorarea; scutellum ochraceous ; corium pale ochraceous with scatteredblack speckles, the apical angle also black; membrane hyahne ;. Fig. ]G.—Mesc//iri abdomen above pale reddish ; the connexivum ochraceous ; bodybeneath and legs ochraceous; an oblique sublateral line on headand presternum and a broken sublateral line to abdomen palesanguineous ; head moderately punctate, the central disk a littledarker; pronotum coarsely punctate \a ith a subanterior transverseslightly curved ridge; scutellum coarsely punctate with an indis-tinct central pale longitudinal line ; sternum somewhat thickly 38 APPENDIX.—LYGMIDJE. punctate on lateral areas ; femora more or less blackly punctate;other structural characters as in generic diagnosis. Length 4 millim. Hab. Calcutta. 2813. Meschia quadrimaculata, sp. n. Body above and beneath brownish ochraceous, beneath some-times pale ochraceous ; pronotum with four black spots on basalmargin ; corium in some lights much paler in hue ; membranehyaline, reflecting the dark abdomen beneath; legs pale ochra-ceous, femora apically spotted with black (the anterior andi
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