302 Records of tJie Indian Mtiscu»i. [Vol. Ill, 



PENTATOMID^. 



Pr.ATASPlDIN^. 



I. Brachyplatys pauper , Voll. 



Pusa. 3-viii-05 — ii-viii-05 — 23-vii-05. 



Podanur, Madras. 30-vii-07. 



Khasi Hills, iv-07. 



The Fauna gives Ceylon, Andamans, and the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. It is clearly not a sub- tropical species, but a well-marked 

 tropical one probably. 



2. Brachyplatys subaeneus, Westw. 



Pusa. 2-viii-05— 26-vi-07 — vii-08. 



The Fauna gives this a wide distribution ; it is known, for in- 

 stance, from Mungphu and Calcutta, though not from any other' 

 place in the Himalayas. It would probabh- be a Malayan or Indo- 

 Chinese species, penetrated up through Bengal and essentially 

 tropical. 



3. Coptosoma crihrarium, Fabr. 



Pusa. r4-v-05 — 23-vi-o7 — vii-06. 



Surat. i5-xii-03. 



]\Iuzaffarpur. i9-xi-04. 



Ranchi. xi-06, 



Nadiad. 6-xii-03. 



Mahim. 22-ii-04, 



Jalalpur. 7-V-04. 



Jullundur. ig-vii-os. 



The Fauna gives Calcutta, Bombay, Barwai, Burhanpur, 

 Bangalore, Nilgiris, Nagas, Burma, China, Formosa. 



In India, a very common tropical species, clearly not originat- 

 ing in sub-tropical India. Its season for activit}' and breeding is 

 July to October as a rule, but the imago lives over and is captured 

 at all times. 



4. Coptosoma siamicum, Wlk. 



Pusa. i6-vi-05 — 22-vii-05 — 2-viii-05 — 23-xi-04 — i-xii-06 — 2-ix- 

 07, etc. 



Dacca. i3-i-o6. 



Bombay, x-05. 



Raniganj. iii-o6. 



Surat. io-vi-04. 



The Fauna gives Calcutta, Barwai, Ceylon, Burma, etc. It is 

 apparently a tropical species originating in Malaya or Weddaland. 



5. Coptosoma indicum, I^eth. 



Pusa. i9-ix-o6. 

 Palamau. ix-o6. 



