Rhynchota .. . otum with the lateral margins oblique,laminate, slightly but distinctly recurved, the anterior anglesprominent, anterior mai^gin sinuated for the reception of the liead,lateral angles subprominent. Scutellum shorter than the corium,gradually attenuated to apex, which is narrow and obtusely acute ;membrane with lougitudinal veins, some furcate but not reticulate ;rostrum reaching the intermediate coxa?, first joint not quitereaching base of head ; meso- and metasterna somewhat obscurelyfurrowed. 229. Praetextatus typicus, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1901, p. 684. Blackish-castaneous, thecori
Rhynchota .. . otum with the lateral margins oblique,laminate, slightly but distinctly recurved, the anterior anglesprominent, anterior mai^gin sinuated for the reception of the liead,lateral angles subprominent. Scutellum shorter than the corium,gradually attenuated to apex, which is narrow and obtusely acute ;membrane with lougitudinal veins, some furcate but not reticulate ;rostrum reaching the intermediate coxa?, first joint not quitereaching base of head ; meso- and metasterna somewhat obscurelyfurrowed. 229. Praetextatus typicus, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1901, p. 684. Blackish-castaneous, thecorium a little paler inhue; membrane fuliginous;antenufe piceous, the apicaljoint stramineous; bodybeneath black; legs androstrum dark castaneous ;pronotum with two smallcentral pale spots on an-terior disk; antenna? withthe fourth joint longest,second shorter than third ;upper surface thickly punc-tate, scutellum trans-versely w^inkled. Length 13; breadth between pronotal angles 7 milhm. Hah. Burma (Coll. Dist.).. Fig. 75.—Frcefexfaiiis ft/picus. Genus VALESCUS.^alescus, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1901, p. 084. T3pe, V. nigricans, Dist. Distribution. Ceylon. Somewhat broadly ovate; head with the lateral margins reflexed,moderately laminate, angulate in front of eyes, the lateral lobeslonger than the central and cleft at their apices; eyes large andprominent ; antennae five-jointed, basal joint not reacliing the apexof the head. Pronotum with the anterior angles broadly truncate TALESCUS. 135 and acutely angulate at their apices ; lateral margins oblique,moderately laminate and very finely crenulate, lateral angles sub-prominent ; posterior margin nearly straight ; anterior marginexcavated for the reception of the head, behind which it is more than half the length of the abdomen and narrowedbefore apex which is rounded ; membrane not quite reaching apexof abdomen, with longitudinal veins ; rostrum reaching the inter-mediate coxfe, basal joint almost extending to base of
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