12 PENTA.TOMID^. 



as in B. punctipes. Ochraceous markings to pronotum 

 distinct. 



Fig. 6. — Uracil i/platys carolinm. 



Length 10 ; max. breadth 7^ millim. 

 Hab. Sikbim ; Muugphu (Atkinson). 



14. Brachyplatys silphoides, Fab?-. (Ciniex) Fnf. :<;i/st. iv, p. 86. 2 



(1794); la/ji: (Tetyra) i^pst. Hhymj. p. 141. 62 (1803); Sthl, 

 Hem. Fabr. i, p. 5. 2 (1868) ; Dist. A. ^/. N. H. (7) iv, p. 214 

 (1899). 

 Brachplatys liturilroES, W(dk. Cat. Het. i, p. 102. 22 (1867). 



Alhed to the preceding species {B.]^)unctiiies and B. carolince), but 

 narrower, lateral margins more parallel, the ochraceous ray-like 

 fasciae to the abdomen beneath much shorter. Head with a small 

 anteriorly lanceolate fascia on central lobe, on each side of which 

 is a transverse subanterior lateral fascia, and a linear transverse 

 fascia at inner margins of eyes, ochraceous. 



Length 6 to 7 ; max. breadth 4^ to 5^ millim. 



JJab. India (no precise locality). — The distribution of this species 

 is at present very difficult to trace, owing to the various species 

 wrongly identified under its name. It is certainly known from 

 Borneo. 



II. Pronotum and head without ochraceous markings. 

 A. Lateral margins of abdomen with ray -like fascice. 



15. Brachyplatys burmeisteri, Dist. A. M. N.H. (5) iii, p. 46 (1879). 

 Thyreocoris silphoides, ^jojh. [nee Fabr.) Handb. ii,p. 384. 3 (1835). 



Can be at once distinguished from B. vaJilii. Fabr., and B. sil- 

 plioides, Fabr., by its uniform coloration above, and absence of 

 luteous markings on the head and pronotum ; the luteous 

 abdominal radial streaks are much as in B. radians, Voll. 



Length G to 8 : max. breadth 5 to 6 millim. 



Hab. Assam ; Noa-Dehing Valley and Sadiya (Chennell). — 

 Also received from Penang and from Java. 



