Rhynchota .. . ig. 72.—Neodius obscicrus. 132 PENTATOMID,?:, about reaching the apex of head. Rostrum not extending beyondthe intermediate coxse. Pronotum with the lateial margins roundedand laminate, anterior angles obtusely angulated beyond the outermargin of the eyes ; corium with the apical angles a little pro-duced, apical margin somewhat sinuate near the angle ; veins ofmembrane simple. Abdomen not spined at base, but second seg-ment slightly convexly elevated at centre ; mesosternum centrallycarinate. 226. fiippeta-dorsalis, Stdl (Plexippus), Berl. eni. Zeitsc/ir. xiii, p. 226(1869). Br
Rhynchota .. . ig. 72.—Neodius obscicrus. 132 PENTATOMID,?:, about reaching the apex of head. Rostrum not extending beyondthe intermediate coxse. Pronotum with the lateial margins roundedand laminate, anterior angles obtusely angulated beyond the outermargin of the eyes ; corium with the apical angles a little pro-duced, apical margin somewhat sinuate near the angle ; veins ofmembrane simple. Abdomen not spined at base, but second seg-ment slightly convexly elevated at centre ; mesosternum centrallycarinate. 226. fiippeta-dorsalis, Stdl (Plexippus), Berl. eni. Zeitsc/ir. xiii, p. 226(1869). Brownish-ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate, bases of pronotumand scutellum finely transversely rugulose; abdomen above darkviolaceous; connexivum blackish, last two segments obsoletelypalely streaked ; an impunctate spot at base of eyes ; extremelateral margins of pronotum and the extreme lateral margin ofcorium near base blackish; pronotum punctate, mesosternumpunctate near coxae ; stigmata darkly Fig. 73.—Hi23pota dorsaUs. I/eugth 15 ; breadth between pronotal angles 8 Deccau (StocMiolm Miis.). I am indebted to Dr. Aurivillius for an opjjortunity of examiningand figuring this apparently rare insect. Genus ^DNUS,jEdnus, Ball. List Hem. i, p. 144 (18-j1). Type, yE. obscwus, Dall. Distribution. Oriental and Eastern Palaearctic Regions. Body ovate ; head rather short, margins moderately reflexed andlaminate ; the lateral lobes a little longer than the central lobe, butnot always meeting in front as described by Dallas ; antennae five-jointed, basal joint not quite reaching the apex of the head; iEDNUS. 133 rostrum reaching or slightly passing the intermediate coxte. Pro-notum with the anterior margin broad, produced truncately beyondthe eyes, the anterior angles subacute, lateral margins oblique andsublaminately reflexed. Scutellum broad, about two-thirds o£ thelength of the abdomen, becoming narrower from about the baseto the middle and then regularl
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