74 PENTATOMIDiE, 



II. Lateral margins of pronotum spiiied at or near the auterior 



angles. 



A. Anterior pronotal spine more or less horizontally extended. 



a. Lateral margins of pronotmn almost straight. 



1 32. Podops lurida, Jiurm. (Tetyra) Nov. Act. Ac. Leop. xvi, Sujjpl. i. 

 p. 2«8. 7 (1834) ; Germ. Zeit.schr. \, p. 64. 3 (1839) ; Stal (Scotino- 

 phara), En. Hem. \, p. 33. 4 (1870) ; Dist. (Scotinopliora) 

 A. M. N. H. (5) iii, p. 44 (1879). 



Fuscous or piceous ; tibiae (excluding base) and tarsi generally 

 more or less castaneous. Pronotum with the lateral margins 

 nearly straight, a prominent spine at or near each anterior angle, 

 the lateral angles subpromineut or notched, a distinct transverse 

 impression across anterior disk ; the whole upper surface coarsely 

 punctate. 



Length 10 to lOg ; breadth between pronotal angles 5| millim. 



Hah. Assam {Chennell). — A very rare species in India, but 

 common in China and Japan. 



133. Podops obscura, Ball. List Hem. i, p. 52. 4 (1851) ; Stdl 



(Scotiuophara), En. Hem. v, p. 34 (1876). 



Closely allied to the preceding species (P. lurida, Burm.), but 

 smaller, generallv paler in hue, the transverse impression to the 

 pronotum less profound. 



Length 9 to 9g ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim. 



Hah. Assam: Naga Hills {Chennell) \ Tenasserim (5n^ il/ifs.). 

 — The species has also been received from North China. The 

 figure given by Vollenhoven (Faun. Ind. Neerl. i, p. 41, pi. iii, 

 f. 6) as representing specimens from Java and Borneo is not 

 typical. 



b. Lateral margins of i>ronotum more or less convex. 



134. Podops affinis, Ha(/L (Scotiuophara) Stett. ent. Zeit. xxix, 



p. 153. 2 (1868). 



Above greyish-black, coarsely punctate, lateral margins of the 

 corium narrowly browiiisli ; beneath with legs piceous, tibiae 

 (excluding base), tarsi, and I'ostrum browuish-ochraceous. Pro- 

 notum with a minute tooth at each anterior angle, the lateral angles 

 minutely produced, the lateral margins couvexly sinuate, and a 

 distinct transverse impression with rugose margins on anterior 

 area. 



Length 9 ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim. 



Hah. Burma; Karenuee {Fea)-, Eangoon {Coll. Dist.). 



