48 PENTATOMID^. 



two near each lateral margin and one on disk near apex, the 

 apical margin also sometimes bright red ; body beneath shining 

 brassy-green, the abdominal margins violaceous, with a red streak 

 on the lateral areas of the second to fifth segments — these streaks 

 sometimes fewer in number ; legs, antennae, and rostrum black. 



Length 18 to 19 ; width between pronotal angles 9 to 10 millim. 



Hah. Assam : Naga Hills (Doherti/). 



91. Pcecilocoris interruptus, IVestiv. {Tectocoris) in Hope Cat. i,p. 14 



(18;i7); Germ. (Scutellera) Zeitschr. i, p. 134. 4 (1839); 

 Herr.-Sch. (Scutellera) Wanz. Ins. i, 5, p. 73, f. 531 (1839) ; Dall. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. v, p. l02. 2 (1848) ; Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivi, p. 155 



(1887). 



Dark shining olivaceous or brassy-black ; ocelli, posterior margin, 

 and a curved longitudinal line on each lateral area of pronotum, 

 extending a little more than halfway from base, a central transverse 

 fascia interrupted in the middle, and the apical margin of scutellum, 

 bases of the second, third, fourth, and fifth abdominal segments, 

 and marginal abdominal spots at the apices of the incisures, 

 sanguineous or reddisli-ochraceous. 



Var. a. Pronotum with the posterior margin concolorous, the 

 two curved reddish lines united in front and connected by a central 

 line to base ; the discal fascia and apical margins of scutellum 

 united by a central line ; abdomen beneath red, with large trans- 

 verse spots on the lateral areas and the apical area brassy-black. 



Length 14 to 17 ; width between pronotal angles 9 to 10| millim. 



Hah. Simla (Co/Z.-Disi.). Sikhim. NagaHills. Burma: Karennee 

 {Fea) ; Euby Mines (Doherfy). 



92. Pcecilocoris ornatus, Dall. List Hem. 1, p. 16. 13 (1851) -"Stll 



(Poecilochroma), E7i. Hem. iii, p. 12. 5 (1873). 



Above purplish-brown ; extreme apex of head, a curved fascia 

 commencing near lateral angles of pronotum, extending to near its 

 anterior margin and connected centrally with its base, two short 

 curved fasciae at base of scutellum, two curved transverse fasciae 

 on disk, one about centre and the other near apex, a central line, 

 neither reaching base nor apex, and the apical margin, body 

 beneath, legs, rostrum, and basal joint of antennae, ochraceous ; 

 second and third joints of the antennae, tibiae, tarsi, transverse 

 lateral spots to sternum and abdomen, base of head above and 

 anterior shadings beneath more or less metallic-greenish. Second 

 joint of antennae much shorter than third, remaining joints 

 mutilated. 



Length 16; width between pronotal angles 9 millim. 



Hah. North India (Brit. Mus.). 



This species was recorded by Scott as from Japan (A. M. N. H. 

 (4) xiv, p. 289), but in error. An allied species, P. lewisi, occurs 

 there. 



