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PENTATOMID.E, 



B. Lateral angles of the i)ronotum. iiroduced in small acute spines. 



120. Lamprocoris spiniger, Dall. (Callidea) Tr. E. S. v, p. 186. 1, 

 pl. 19, f. 1 (1849); W^alk. (Sophela) Cat. Het. i, p. 18 (1867) ; 

 StRl (Sophela), En. Heyn. iii, p. 22 (1873). 



Ochraceous, reddish-ochraeeous, or violaceous ; thickly punctate 



aboAB; head (sometimes anterior 

 margin of pronotum), body be- 

 neath, and legs dark violaceous ; 

 lateral margins of the abdomen 

 reddish-oehraceous, more or less 

 internally notched ; lateral mar- 

 gins of the sternum and apex of 

 the abdomen sometimes reddish- 

 ochraeeous ; antennae and ros- 

 trum blackish. 



Length 19 to 21; width be- 

 tween pronotal angles 10 to 11 

 millim. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Bhutan; Khasi and Ntiga Hills. Burma: Euby 

 Mines {Doherty) ; Kakhyen Kauri {Fea). 



Fig. 26. — Lamprocoris spiniger. 



Genus FITHA. 

 Fitha, Walk. Cat. Het. \, p. 45 (1867j. 

 Type, F. aniens, Walk. 



Distribution. At present only recorded from India. 

 This genus is to be recognized by the four-jointed antennas, 

 which separate it from the preceding genera, excepting Tetrarthia, 

 from which it differs by the non-furrowed abdomen. 



121. Fitha ardens. Walk. Cat. Het. i, p. 45. 1 (1867). 



Gilded green, elliptical, coarsely punctured. Head with two 



longitudinal furrows. An- 

 lennee black, iirst joint with 

 the base reddish. Pronotum 

 with six purple spots and 

 a similar spot near each 

 lateral angle. Scutellum 

 with the following purple 

 j^pots — one central basal, 

 one elongate and discal, 

 three on each lateral area, 

 and one subapical. Sternum 

 with a transverse j^ellow 

 streak on each side. Ab- 

 domen beneath with a bright 

 purple stripe along each side, and uith a yellow patch on the disk. 

 Legs red ; tibiae and apices of femora blackish-green ; tarsi black. 



Length 8 millim. 



Bah. " Hindostan,*' {Brit. Mus.). 



This species is only known to me by the unique type in the 

 British ^luseum. I have here largely copied Walker's description. 



27- — Fitha ardens. 



