Volume 1

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford, C.T. Bingham, and A.E. Shipley, assisted by Guy A.K. Marshall. Rhynchota / by W.L. Distant. Vols I & II, (Heteroptera). Vol. III, (Heteroptera-Homoptera). Vol. IV, Homoptera and Appendix (Pt.). Vol. V, Heteroptera: Appendix. Vol. VI, Homoptera: Appendix. Vol. VII, Homoptera: Appendix. Heteroptera: Addenda.

Date:
1902-1918
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Credit: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford, C.T. Bingham, and A.E. Shipley, assisted by Guy A.K. Marshall. Rhynchota / by W.L. Distant. Vols I & II, (Heteroptera). Vol. III, (Heteroptera-Homoptera). Vol. IV, Homoptera and Appendix (Pt.). Vol. V, Heteroptera: Appendix. Vol. VI, Homoptera: Appendix. Vol. VII, Homoptera: Appendix. Heteroptera: Addenda. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    small spots near base ochraceous; the portion of the corium visible at the base ot the scu- tellum also linearly marked with ochraceous: body beneath entirely blank ; a spot at the base of the head beneath, basal joint oi: the antennas, and the rostrum ochra- ceous. Length 11|; breadth 8| miUim. Hah. Pegu; Palon The type is an unique $ in the Genoa Museum, of which a draw- ing has been kindly sent to me by Dr. Gestro. The description is compiled from the diagnosis of Dr. Montandon and from the figure here reproduced. Fig. •2.~Crato}]lati/s gesiroi. Genus TARICHEA. Tarichea, Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4; v, p. 163 (I860). Type, T. chinensis, Dall., a Chinese species. Distribution. North India and China. Body broad, ovate and very convex above, beneath flat. Head broad, its disk concave, before the eyes couvexly rounded ; lateral lobes meeting in front of the central lobe; eyes transverse ; ocelh a little nearer to the eyes than to each other. Pronotum with the anterior lateral margins convexly dilated; scutellum reachmg the apex of the abdomen. Legs short. 3. Tarichea nitens, Dall. (Plataspis) List Hem. 1 p. 74. 7 (1851) ; Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 6. 2 (1876). Pig, 3.— Tarichea nitens. Above shining olivaceous-black; eyes, rostrum, antennre, body beneath, and legs brownish-ochraceous, a broad central fascia to
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