118 



PENTATOMID^. 



lateral margins, inner margins 



of eyes, and ocelli ochraceous; 

 antennoe piceous, base ol: 

 apical joint ochraceous ; 

 prouotum and scut ell urn 

 black, very coarsely punc- 

 tate, with scattered small 

 ochraceous callosities, the 

 pronotnni with a central 

 t j^^^^^ ^^^^® ^^^ lateral and ante- 



la'— ^k^-ij-J y^^^^^^l^ ^'^'^^' margins also ochra- 



■E^S'i^ll'?''^:^:^ / M©S^^M \\ ceous ; corium purplish- 



bi'own, the marginal area 

 somewhat darker, except- 

 ing the posterior disk, with 

 scattered small ochraceous 

 callosities ; connexivum 

 alternately ochraceous and 

 piceous : body beneath 

 pale ochraceous, with coarse scattered black punctures on the 

 lateral areas ; four longitudinal fascite to lead beneath, sternal 

 and abdominal incisures, scattered fasciae and patches to sternum, 

 transverse lines at abdominal stigmata, marginal spots and sub- 

 apical spot to abdomen, black ; legs black, bases of femora, centres 

 of tibise, and bases of tarsi ochraceous. Second joint of antennae 

 distinctly longer than third ; rostrum reaching the third abdominal 

 segment. 



Length 20 to 25 ; breadth between prouotal angles 11 to 12millim. 

 Hah. mkh'im (1 ml. 3h(S.). Assam: Khasi Hills (ChenneU), 

 Margherita, Darrang, Samagooting (Ijid. iVus.). Bengal ; Jessore 

 (Ind. Mits.). Vizagapatam (Jnd. Mvs.). Trivandrum {Triv. 3h(s.). 

 Ceylon (Green). Andaman Islands {Ind. Mus.). — Also received 

 from China and Japan ; Formosa and Hainan (Coll. Bist.). 



Fip. ij2.—Erthmna fullo 



206. Erthesina acuminata, Ball. List Hem. i, p. 183 (ISol). 



Closely allied to ii". /»ZZo, Thuub., but smaller; head more acu- 

 minate anteriorly ; rostrum long, reaching the base of the last 

 abdominal segment. 



Length 20 ; breadth between pronotal angles 9 millim. 



Hah. Sikhim {CoU. Dist.). North Bengal {Brit. JSlus.). Burma 

 {Co'll. Dist.). 



207. Erthesina guttata, Fubr. (Cimex) Mant. Ins. ii, p. 291 (1787) ; 



Stdl, Hem. Fahr. i, p. 23 (1868). 



Above olivaceous-green ; head with a central line, the lateral 

 margins, the inner margins of eyes, and two small spots at base 

 ochraceous ; prouotum, scutellum, and corium speckled with small 

 ochraceous callosities ; prouotum M'ith the anterior and lateral margins 

 and a central line extending about one-third from apex ochraceous; 



