S2Jecies helonging to Iihynrhofal Fcnn. Pentatohiichv. 173 



Habitat. India, Utakamand (Atkinson Coll. — Brit. 

 Mils.), Nilgiri Hills (Hampson — Coll. Dist). 



Fernelius, gen. nov. 



Subovate. Head broad, anteriorly rounded but cleft at apex 

 where the central lobe is a little shorter than the lateral lobes, the 

 margins of which are reflexed. Antennae with the second joint 

 shorter than the third or fourth,— fifth mutilated. Pronotum with 

 the anterior angles dentate, tlie posterior angles obtusely sub- 

 prominent, lateral margins oblique very slightly sinuate. Abdomen 

 broader than the pronotum. Rostrum reaching the second abdominal 

 segment ; second joint shorter tlian the third. 



Other characters generally as in Agatliodes, Stal, from wliich it 

 differs by the length and proportion of the joints of the ro.-itrum ; 

 the more elongate and less apically cleft head, etc. 



Fernelius indicus, sp. n. 



Above castaneons-brown, somewhat irrorated with ochraceous, the 

 corium with a more or less distinct small ochraceous spot on apical 

 area, and a small spot of the same colour in each basal angle of the 

 scutellum ; abdomen above reddish-ochraceous ; connexivum ochra- 

 ceous spotted with black at the incisures. Body beneath and legs 

 pale ochraceous ; antennge, tibiae, tarsi, apices of femora, apex of 

 rostrum, elongate spots to sternum, stigmatal spots to abdomen 

 and elongate waved spots between same, lateral marginal spots as 

 above, and a spot on apical segment, black. 



Head and corium thickly and coarsely punctate, pronotum and 

 scutellum more coarsely punctate and rugulose. Head with the 

 central lobe ochraceous, the margins of the lateral lobes distinctly 

 blackish. Anterior margin and anterior-lateral margins of the 

 pronotum narrowly ochraceous. Antennre with the second joint 

 shorter than the third and fourth joints which are subequal in 

 length. 



Long. 18 millim. Exp. pronot. angl. 9 millim. 



Jlnhifnt. India, Muncrplm in Sikkim ; Burma, Rangoon 

 (Atkinson Coll. — Bnt. JVlus.). 



Synonymical Notes. 



(Enopia pimdaria. 

 Pentaioma jyundaria, Stal, Eug. resa., Ins., p. 226 (1859), 

 Sciocoris odiosus, But)., Proc. Zool. Soc,, 1881, p, b'(). 



Habitat. Montevideo. 



