86 PENTATOMlD.i:. 



those preceding, being generally dark ochraceous ; third joint of 

 the antennae a little longer than the fourth ; rostrum about reach- 

 ing the intermediate coxce ; pronotum profoundly transversely 

 furrowed near centre, behind which the surface is transversely 

 rugulose ; scutelhim transversely rugosely striate, with a distinct 

 foveate impression near the apex. 



Length o^ to 65 millira. 



Bab. '^ovth India (Coll. Dist.). Burma: Katha, Bhamo (i'm). 



Genus LACTISTES. 



Lactistes, Schiodfe, in KriJi/. Xaf. D'dssAr. ('2} ii, p. 456 (1849) ; Stdl, 

 En. Hem. \, p. 17 (1870) ; Si(/n. Bull. Soc. E71t.Fr. (5) ix, p. clxxii 

 (1879) ; id. A7in. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i, p. 48 (1881) : Atk. J. A. S. B. 

 Ivi, p. 42 (1887). 



Type, L. vericulatus, Schiodte. An African species. 



Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental JRegions. 



As in the preceding genus, the anterior tarsi are apparently 

 inserted before the end of tlie tibiae, owing to the prolonged con- 

 dition of the apex of the tibia — which is more or less emarginate — 

 arising from the union of the apical spines. Head normally 

 cihated ; lateral lobes enclosing the central lobe, but emarginate at 

 apex : vertex more or less rugulose ; eyes spinose at base ; pro- 

 notum narrower in front, with a transverse median impression ; 

 corium almost twice as long as the membrane, the last extending 

 beyond the abdomen. In Stibaro/nis the posterior tibise are 

 thickened ; in Lactistes they are slender. 



154. Lactistes rastellus, Schiodte, in Krvy. Nat. Tidssh: (2) ii, p. 457 

 (1849); StSl Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fiirh. 1870, p. 614: Sign. Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. Fr. (6) i, p. 49, t. 2, f. 8 (1881). 

 ^-Ethiis pliilippiueusis, Dull. List Hem. \, p. 118. 19 (1851). 



Blackish-brown, shining, elongate, strongly and densely punctate 

 except on the anterior part of the pronotum. Head shorter than 

 its greatest breadth through the eyes, rugosely punctate, central 

 lobe stronger and more prominent than the lateral lobes ; rostrum 

 reaching the intermediate coxte, the three basal joints about equal 

 in length, second joint a little the shortest ; pronotum punctate, 

 except on the anterior disk and the posterior margin : scutellum 

 strongly punctate, with the apex acuminate ; corium thickly and 

 finely punctate, with three or more marginal piliferous points ; 

 anterior tibiae with the inner margin sinuated, ^ith a rounded 

 tuberosity before the apex, the outer margin uith five or six strong 

 dental spines, the last near the protuberance very small ; abdomen 

 punctured. 



Length 5 to ; max. breadth 3 to 4 millim. 



Hab. Bengal; Serampore. Burma: Rangoon, Palou, Toinigoo, 

 Prome, Karennee (i^(?rt), Minhla (Comotto). Tenasserim ; Thagata 

 (Fea). — Also received from the Philippines. 



