120 PENTATOMID.i:. 



Length 17 to 23; breadth between pronotal angles 8 to lOmillim. 



Hah. North-western Provinces; Allahabad, Hard war {Ind. Mus.). 

 Sikhim (Atl-inson Coll.) ; Mungphu {Fnd. Mus.). Khasi Hills 

 {Chennell). Calcutta {Ind. Mus.). Bombay (Leith); Karachi 

 (rnd. Mus.). Nilgiri Hills {Hampson) x Bangalore {Coll. Dist.). 

 Travancore; Trivandrum (^Vic. il/^s.). Cey]on {Green). Arrakau 

 {Ind. Mus.). 



Mr. 11. M. Dixon, of the Victoria & Albert Mus. Bombay, informs 

 me that the odour emitted by this species is different from the 

 characteristic smell of bugs, though equally offensive. 



Common in Western India, usually found on the Babul tree 

 (Acacia arcdnca, Willd.), but also on the Casuarina tree {Casuarina 

 equisetifolia, Forst.). 



209. Halys nilgiriensis, Bist. A. M. N. H. ((3) xi, p. 391 (1893). 



Ochraceous, thickly punctured with brassy-black ; head, anterior 

 area and lateral angles of pronotum metallic green ; antennae black, 

 the joints very narrowly ochraceous at base, fourth joint annulated 

 with ochraceous near base (fifth joint mutilated); head with a spot 

 at apex, an oblique spot on each side near eyes, and a reversely 

 directed oblique spot on each side near base, ochraceous ; legs 

 castaneous, with the inner margins ochraceous ; pronotum with the 

 anterior and lateral margins ochraceous, and with a dull ochraceous 

 spot on each green lateral angle ; scutellum with five small ochra- 

 ceous spots at base and the apex ochraceous; connexivum alternately 

 ochraceous and black : body beneath and legs ochraceous, lateral 

 margins of head and sternum broadly metallic green ; femora and 

 sublateral areas of abdomen darkly punctate ; abdomen with small 

 marginal spots at incisures and a spot on the last three abdominal 

 segments black ; tibioe with outer spots at base, centre, and apex, 

 and apices of the tarsi black. 



Differing from H. den tat us, Fabr., apart from colour, by the much 

 broader head, especially at the apex, with its lateral margins more 

 strongly toothed ; lateral margins of the pronotum more finely 

 crenulate ; apical third of scutellum more elongate and narrow ; 

 second joint of antennae much shorter than the third, &c. 



Length 20 ; breadth between pronotal angles 10 millim. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills {Hampson). 



Genus AG.ffiUS. 

 Agaeus, Dull List Hem. \, p. 185 (18-51). 



Type, A. tessellatus, Dall. 



Distvihution. Oriental and Ethiopian Eegions. 



Head elongate, the lateral margins slightly sinuate but nearly 

 parallel, the apex pointed, the central longer than the lateral lobes ; 

 antennae five-jointed, basal joint not reaching the apex of the 

 head ; rostrum about reaching the fourth abdominal segment ; 



