PENTATOMIDvE. 



small spots near base ochraceous ; the portion of the corium 



visible at the base o£ the scu- 

 tellum also linearly marked with 

 ochraceous : body beneath entirely 

 black ; a spot at the base of the 

 head beneath, basal joint of the 

 antennae, and the rostrum ochra- 

 ceous. 



Length 11 j ; breadth 8| millim. 



Hah. Pegu; VaXon {Fm). 



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. — Cratoplatys gestroi. 



Genus TARICHEA. 

 Tarichea, Stal, Ann. Sue. Ent. Fr. (4j v, p, 163 (1865). 



Type, T. cldnensis, 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 convexly rounded ; lateral 

 lobes meeting in front of the central lobe ; eyes transverse ; ocelli 

 a little nearer to the eyes than to each other. Prouotum with 

 the anterior lateral margins convexly dilated ; scutellum reaching 

 the apex of the abdomen. Legs short. 



3. Tarichea nitens, Dull. (Plataspis) List Hem. i p. 74. 7 (1851) ; 

 Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 6. 2 (1876). 



Fig. 3. — Tarichea nitens. 



Above shining olivaceous-black ; eyes, rostrum, antennae, body 

 beneath, and legs brownish-ochraceous, a broad central fascia to 



