Rhynchota .. . annulate at their apices. Add: Hat>. Bombay (i>/.ro»); Calcutta (/n(/. J/?w.). 252 APPENDIX. CAPSID^?:. Genus DIOPHANTUS.(To precede Calocoris, Vol. 11, p. 451.)L>iopliaiitii8, J)igf. A. J7. iY. JI. (8) iv, p. olO (1909). Type, D. literatus, Dist. Distrihittion. Ceylou. Head somewhat large, longer tliau broad, the lateral marginsslightly sinuate, centrally slightly longitudinally ridged ; eyeslarge, a little obliquely directed backward ; antennte with the firstjoint scarcely as long as head, second about three times as long asfirst, first and second longly pilose, third
Rhynchota .. . annulate at their apices. Add: Hat>. Bombay (i>/.ro»); Calcutta (/n(/. J/?w.). 252 APPENDIX. CAPSID^?:. Genus DIOPHANTUS.(To precede Calocoris, Vol. 11, p. 451.)L>iopliaiitii8, J)igf. A. J7. iY. JI. (8) iv, p. olO (1909). Type, D. literatus, Dist. Distrihittion. Ceylou. Head somewhat large, longer tliau broad, the lateral marginsslightly sinuate, centrally slightly longitudinally ridged ; eyeslarge, a little obliquely directed backward ; antennte with the firstjoint scarcely as long as head, second about three times as long asfirst, first and second longly pilose, third and fourth slender, thirdabout half the length of second and distinctly longer than fourth ;rostrum reaching the posterior coxa3; pronotum nearly twice asbroad at base as long, the basal margin convex and about two anda half times as broad as anterior margin, transversely impressednear anterior margin, and behind this impression two transversecallosities, lateral margins oblique ; scutellnm triangular; corium. Vis,. 136.—Uiophantus liferaiiis. (including cuueus) a little longer than posterior tibise, the costalmargin slightly convex; cuueus broad, elongately triangular, thebasal margin towards inner apex obliquely deflected to membrane;membrane passing abdominal apex, with a short subquadrateposteriorly subtruncate cell, to which is attached a smaller innercell : legs of moderate size and length ; posterior tarsi with thefirst and second joints subequal in length ; body and legs thickly,more or less longly pilose. In this Indian enumeration I place the genus near Earj/ajrtusand Calocoiis. MEVITJS. 253 3028. Diophantus literatus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. oio (i!)00). Jiody above brownish ochraeeous, thickly, somewhat longlypilose ; cuaeus castaneous, its basal margin ochraceous ; head witha central longitudinal line and the ejes black ; antennte ochraceous,apex ot second joint and the third and fourth joints piceous ; pro-notum with the extreme basal margin paler and wit
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