Rhynchota .. . black, apices of posterior femora 268 APPBNBIX.—CAPSID^. ochi-aceous ; rostrum, tibiae, and tarsi brownish oehi-aceous, apexof rostrum black; head granulose, with a pale, central, longitudinalspot at base ; pronotum puncta,te and shortly, palely pilose; clavusand corium thickly, palely pihjse ; other structural characters asin generic diagnosis. Length 4 millim. Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). Genus NICOSTRATUS. (Vol. II, p. 475.)3047. Nicostratus princeps, Dist. Entomoloyist, 1909, p. 60. Brownish ochraceous ; a transverse white fascia crossing coriumand clavus at apex of scu
Rhynchota .. . black, apices of posterior femora 268 APPBNBIX.—CAPSID^. ochi-aceous ; rostrum, tibiae, and tarsi brownish oehi-aceous, apexof rostrum black; head granulose, with a pale, central, longitudinalspot at base ; pronotum puncta,te and shortly, palely pilose; clavusand corium thickly, palely pihjse ; other structural characters asin generic diagnosis. Length 4 millim. Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). Genus NICOSTRATUS. (Vol. II, p. 475.)3047. Nicostratus princeps, Dist. Entomoloyist, 1909, p. 60. Brownish ochraceous ; a transverse white fascia crossing coriumand clavus at apex of scutellum : membrane piceous ; head verylarge and globose, almost circular, about as long as broad, with atransverse rounded incised line between the eyes; antennae paleochraceous, apices of second and third joints, and the apicaljoint excluding base, black, second joint subequal in length tothird and fourth together; pronotum strongly transversely con-stricted before middle, the anterior area or lobe narrow and. Fig. 144.—Nicostratus princeps. armed with two strong diverging spines, the posterior area orlobe globosely tumid, deflected anteriorly, the lateral angles sub-prominent, the posterior margin very slightly concavely sinuate ;scutelknu developed into a strong upright serai-acute spine;corium with the lateral margins concavely sinuate, widened andtumid at apices ; membrane considerably passing the abdominalapex ; legs almost uniformly brownish ochraceous. Length, 5 millim. Hah. Nilgiri Hills ; Barwood Estate {H. Leslie Andrewes). Strongly differing from N. halteatus, Dist., by the much largerand more strongly developed head, diiferent colour, more acutespine to scutellum, &c. ABIBALDFS. 269 3048. Nicostratus diversus, Dist. A. M. N. II. (8) iv, p. 520 (1909). Head and pronotum fuscous brown, eyes black; antennae black,basal joint brownish ochraceous, bases of third and fourth jointsstramineous ; scutellum piceous, with the lateral margins strami-neous ; corium black, cl
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