Rhynchota .. . Fig. 2.—Cratoplatys gestroi. Genus , Stal, Ann. Sue. Ent. Fr. (4j v, p, 163 (1865). Type, T. cldnensis, Dall., a Chinese species. Distribution. North India and China. Body broad, ovate and very convex above, beneath flat. Headbroad, its disk concave, before the eyes convexly rounded ; laterallobes meeting in front of the central lobe ; eyes transverse ; ocellia little nearer to the eyes than to each other. Prouotum withthe anterior lateral margins convexly dilated ; scutellum reachingthe apex of the abdomen. Legs short. 3. Tarichea nitens, Dull. (Plataspis) List
Rhynchota .. . Fig. 2.—Cratoplatys gestroi. Genus , Stal, Ann. Sue. Ent. Fr. (4j v, p, 163 (1865). Type, T. cldnensis, Dall., a Chinese species. Distribution. North India and China. Body broad, ovate and very convex above, beneath flat. Headbroad, its disk concave, before the eyes convexly rounded ; laterallobes meeting in front of the central lobe ; eyes transverse ; ocellia little nearer to the eyes than to each other. Prouotum withthe anterior lateral margins convexly dilated ; scutellum reachingthe apex of the abdomen. Legs short. 3. Tarichea nitens, Dull. (Plataspis) List Hem. i p. 74. 7 (1851);Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 6. 2 (1876).. Fig. 3.— Tarichea nitens. Above shining olivaceous-black; eyes, rostrum, antennae, bodybeneath, and legs brownish-ochraceous, a broad central fascia to ONC YL ASPIS. PONSIL A. abdomen olivaceous-black ; sternum dull, opaque, piceous ; apicaljoints of the antennae piceous; head black beneath, with a basalochraceous spot or patch. Finely and obscurely punctate. Length 9 ; max. breadth 8 millim. Hah. ] Himalaya {Coll. Dist.): N. India {Brit. Mus.). Genus ONCYLASPIS. Oncylaspis, Stal, Hem. Afr. i, p. 2 (1864); En. Hem. v, p. 4 (1876). Type, 0. ruficeps, Dall. Distribution. Burma, Tenasserim. Allied to Tarichea. Eyes transversely oblique ; anterior lateralangles of the pronotum obtusely acute ; head larger, more con-cave, lateral lobes meeting more widely in front of central lobe. 4, Oncylaspis ruficeps, Ball. (Plataspis) List Hem. i, p. 73. 5 (1851);Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 6 (1876). Above shining black ; head and anterior angles of the pronotumreddish-ochraceous; body beneath and legs
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