114 PENTATOMIU.E. 



b. Pronotal angles subacute, neither prominentln nofhilose 

 nor imvardly furrowed. 



199. Dalpada versicolor, lierr.-Schaef. (Halys) Wanz. Ins. V, p. 76, 

 t. 1G9, f. 520 (1839) ; Dull. List Hem. i, p. 185 (1851). 



Obscure ochraceous, variegated with bronzy or dark green 

 markings ; head elongate, with the central lobe extending a little 

 beyond the lateral lobes, which have their margins biannulate ; 

 antennae slender, fuscous, fifth joint luteous at base ; pronotum 

 with the lateral margins moderately serrated anteriorly, the lateral 

 angles subacute ; scutellum with the basal angular margins palely 

 levigate, its apex long and slender; connexivum alternately 

 ochraceous and green : body beneath and legs ochraceous, lateral 

 margins much as in D. ocidata, but more broken and powdery 

 and with a distinct series of reddish-orange spots on outer margiu. 

 Kostrum reaching the apex of the fourth abdominal segment. 



Differing from D. oculata by the longer head, more elongate 

 scutellum, subacute and not nodulose pronotal angles, and by the 

 non-dilated anterior tibiae. 



Length 15 to 18 ; breadth between pronotal angles 7 to Smillim. 



Hah. North India {Brit. Mus.). Nilgiri Hills {Hampson). — 

 Originally described from a Javan specimen. 



200. Dalpada pilicornis, StM, En. Hem. v, p. 41 (1876). 



Stramineous ; head, pronotum, corium, and sternum darkly 

 punctate, the punctures brassy-black, an indistinct median line 

 and the apices of the pronotal angles less densely punctate ; lateral 

 pronotal angles somewhat broadly prominent, but not distinctly 

 nodulose, brassy-black, and with a distinct furrow inwardly ; 

 scutellum darkest on basal area, the apical area sparsely punctate, 

 and with a somewhat large elongate levigate ochraceous spot at each 

 basal angle ; membrane fuliginous, the veins darker ; counexivum 

 alternately dark blackish-green and ochraceous ; abdomen beneath 

 reddish-ochraceous, the disk impunctate, the lateral areas some- 

 what thickly darkly punctate, the apical segmental angles brassy- 

 green ; antennae fuscous, bases of fourth and fifth joints ochraceous, 

 second joint shorter than third ; central lobe of the head scarcely 

 longer than the lateral lobes ; rostrum reaching the apex of the 

 second abdominal segment. 



Length 10 to 15 ; breadth between pronotal angles G to 7 millim. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills (Hampson). 



201. Dalpada brevivitta, WaJh. Cat. Het. i, p. 224 (1867). 



Ochraceous, thickly and darkly jmnctate ; pronotum with a 

 broad longitudinal impunctate fascia on disk, narrowed anteriorly, 

 where it contains a few black punctures, and with three black 

 punctures in a longitudinal series at base, on each side of this 

 fascia on anterior area are two waved ochraceous lines ; scutellum 

 with the angles narrowly ochraceous, levigate ; connexivum darlv 



