POiCILOCOEIS. 47 



Head beneath ochraceous, its base and two spots near apex metallic- 

 green ; outer area of prosternum purplish ; posterior mai-gins of 

 the sternal segments ochraceous ; areas of the odoriferous apertures 

 black ; abdomen beneath reddish-ochraceous, with a marginal series 

 of wide ray-like fasciae almost reaching centre, the greater part of 

 the apical segment and the legs brassy-green ; antennae and 

 rostrum black. Eostrum reaching the fifth abdominal segment. 



Length 20; width between pronotal angles 11| millim. 



Hab. Assam {Brit. Mus.). 



A distinct species which somewhat approaches P. childreni, 

 White. 



88. Pcecilocoris pulcher, Dull. Tmns. Ent. Sue. \, p. 105. 6, pi. 13, 



f. 7 (1848) ; Voll. Fau7i. Ind. Neerl. i, p. 5. 1, pi. i, f. 2 (1863) ; 

 Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivi, p. 150 (1887) ; Stdl (Poecilochroma), En. Hem. 

 iii, p. 13 (1873). 



Deep velvety-purple ; anterior and lateral margins of pronotum 

 and a central longitudinal line (sometimes absent) ochraceous or 

 reddish-ochraceous ; scutellum with the base (irregularly) and a 

 transverse fascia about the centre united to the base by a narrow 

 central line shining violaceous ; these violaceous markings are 

 inconstant ; sternum, legs, and rostrum dark violaceous ; lateral 

 areas of the prosternum and the abdomen beneath ochraceous ; 

 antennae, lateral and apical spots to abdomen, black. 



Length 17 to 20 ; width between pronotal angles 11 to 

 12 millim. 



Hah. Malabar. — Also received from Sumatra and Borneo. 



89. Pcecilocoris obesus, DaU. List Hem. i, p. 13 (1851) ; Atk. J. A. S.B. 



Ivi, p. 158 (1887) ; Stal (Pcecilochronia), En. Hem. iii, p. 13 

 (1873). 



Above dark reddish-ochraceous ; head, two transverse con- 

 tiguous patches on the anterior area of pronotum, three or more 

 distinct spots at the base of scutellum, body beneath, legs, rostrum, 

 and antenna) brassy-green ; lateral margins of the prosternum, and 

 sometimes a discal spot to abdomen, reddish-ochraceous. 



Length 15; width between pronotal angles 10 millim. 



Hah. Darjeeling {Coll. Dist.). Assam. 



90. Pcecilocoris purpurascens, Westzv. (Tectocoris) in Hope Cat. i, 



p. 14 (1837) ; Germ. (Scutillera) Zeitschr. i, p. 135. 5 (1839) ; 

 Dall Trans. Ent. Soc. \, p. 103. 3, pi. 13. f. 5 (1848) ; Atk. J. A. 

 S. B. Ivi, p. 156 (1887) ; Stal (Poecilochroma), En. Hem. iii, p. 13 

 (1873). 



Violaceous and black, in some specimens olivaceous and black, 

 the spots (indicated by the strong violet tints on various parts of 

 the surface) arrariged similarly to those in P. drurcei ; pronotum 

 with four small spots, one near centre of anterior and posterior 

 margins and one on each lateral area ; scutellum with five spots, 



