species belonging to lihyiirhotal Fam. Pcntatomid/^. 171 



of the scutelliim ; connexiviun pale brownish-ocliraceous with the 

 lateral posterior segmental angles black ; antennae pale greenish, the 

 fourth and fifth joints reddish-ochraceous ; abdomen beneath pale 

 ochraceous ; head beneath, sternum, legs, and sublateral margins to 

 abdomen pale greenish ; tarsi and rostrum ochraceous, rostrum 

 streaked with piceous and its apex of the same colour. 



Shape and structure of iV. chlor'is, Westw. Second joint of antenna} 

 a little the longest, third shortest, fourth and fifth joints subequal in 

 length ; bod}^ above thickly and coarsely punctate, the pronotum and 

 scutelluni rugulose ; extreme basal lateral margin of corium and 

 apical margin of scutelluni impunctate : a small but distinct levigate 

 nodule near each posterior angle of pronotum ; sternum coarsely 

 punctate, abdomen sparsely punctate on disk, much more thickly 

 punctate on the lateral areas. 



Long. 11-12 millim. Exp. pronot. ang. 6-6^ millim. 



Hcihitat. Tangan Nyasa, near Lake Tanwanika (W. H. 

 Niitt— Brit. Mus.). 



Plautia s])lendcns, sp. n. 



Bright shining olivaceous-green ; corium dark purplish with the 

 lateral margin broadly olivaceous-green ; apex of scutelluni pale 

 liluish-green ; membrane bronzy, its apical margin hyaline. Body 

 beneath and legs bright olivaceous-green ; rostrum paler its apex 

 piceous. Antennse ochraceous, the basal joint green. 



Antennae with the second joint a little longer than the first ; third, 

 fourth, and fifth joints subequal in length. Pronotum and scutelluni 

 coarsely punctate, corium more thickly and finely punctate ; apex of 

 scutelluni finely punctate. 



Long. 10 millim. Exp. pronot. ang. 5^ millim. 



Habitat Japan (Brit. Mus.). 



A smaller, more elongate and differently-coloured species 

 to P. stali, Scott, the other at present known species from 

 Japan. 



Menida atkinsoni, sp. n. (Plate 11, fig. 10.) 



Black ; a central discal, quadrate spnt to pronotum, a large oblique 

 spot near each basal angle of scutelluni, apical margin of scutelluni, 

 lateral margins — narrow — to pronotum and corium, legs, abdominal 

 spine, and a broken lateral lineate margin to alidomen, ochraceous. 

 AnteniiiTe ochraceous, basal and third joints somewhat infuscated, 

 fourth and fifth joints mutilated. 



Above thickly and coarsely punctate excepting on the ochraceous 

 markings which are almost impunctate. 



