138 



PENTATOMID^. 



each lateral area o£ tbe abdomen ; apex of rostrum and apical 

 joint of antennse (excluding base) fuscous. 



Length 9 to 10 ; breadth between pronotal angles 3g to 4 millim. 



Hah. Bombay ; Bor Ghat : and Western India generally. 



Mr. E. M. Dixon, who forwarded to me this and the following 

 species, describes them as nocturnal in habit, and very much 

 attracted by brilliant light. They are sparingly found in Septem- 

 ber, but are plentiful in October and November all over Western 

 India. 



233. Giilielmus marmoratus, But. EyHomologist, 1901, p. 347. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but differing in having 

 the surface of the pronotnm and scutellum distinctly rugulose ; 

 the scutellum is also broader, the corium concolorous, and the 

 punctures more profound. 



Length 81 to 9 ; breadth between pronotal angles 3| millim. 



Hah. Bombay ; Bor Grhat : and Western India generally. 



Genus ^LIOMORPHA. 



Tetratoma, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1851, p. 339 (ho771. prtpocc). 

 .^liomorplia, Stal, Ofc. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1858, p. 313 ; id. Hem. Afr. i, 

 p. 173 (1864). 



Type, ^-E. simuJans, Stal, an African species. 



Distrihution. Ethiopian and Western Oriental Regions. 



Body moderately elongate, subovate ; head large, not longer 

 tban broad at base, narrowing to apex, but not depressed before 

 it, central lobe pi'ominent, reaching apex of head ; autenniferous 

 tubercles remote from the lateral mai-gins, distinctly within longi- 

 tudinal lines through the eyes ; antennae sexually diverse, second 



Fig. 79. — -EUomorpha hucaficoUis. 



joint in male very short, subobsolete, in the female slender and 

 elongate, first joint slender, incrassate, not reaching apex of head ; 

 rostrum about reaching posterior coxae ; pronotum broader than 

 long, lateral margins obliquely straight, base slightly gibbous, de- 

 pressed anteriorly ; scutellum somewhat long, moderately broad, 



