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PENTATOMID.E. 



Genus MORMIDELLA. 



Mormidella, How. Tennesz. Filzetek, xii, p. 30 (1889). 



Type, M. jxtuli, Horv, 



Distribution. Kashmir. 



Body oval ; head about as long as the pronotuin, apex rounded, 

 lobes of equal length, rosti'um almost reaching posterior coxje ; 

 antennae five-jointed, first pint not reaching apex of head ; 

 jDronotum somewhat convex, the anterior margin profoundly 

 sinuated, the anterior lateral margins obsoletely crenulate and 

 moderately laminate and reflexed, posterior angles not prominent ; 

 scutellum broad, about as wide at base as long, blackly and pro- 

 foundly impressed at basal angles ; corium with the lateral margins 

 somewhat ampliated ; raembranal veins simple ; base of abdomen 

 unarmed ; tibiae above sulcated. 



The affinities of this genus are with a small group of Australasian 

 and Malayan genera. 



246. Mormidella pauli, How. Tennesz. FilzeteJc, xii, p. 30 (1889). 



Pale fuscous, densely punctate ; head, excluding basal streak, 



sublateral margins to pro- 

 notum, an obsolete discal 

 fascia to scutellum, and some 

 anterior lateral spots to pi'o- 

 sternum brassy black; lateral 

 margins of the pronotum 

 pale, straight : an oblique 

 oblong callosity at each basal 

 angle of scutellum ; a narrow 

 subcostal fascia to corium 

 impunctate ; membrane ob- 

 scurely hyaline, the veins 

 fuscous : body beneath with 

 antennae, rostrum, and legs 

 flavo - testaceous, punctured 

 with fuscous : the two terminal joints of antennae and the fourth 

 joint of the rostrum black ; abdomen beneath pale brassy-black, its 

 margins pale ochraceous containing an intra-marginal black line. 



Length 1h millim. 



Hah. Kashmir. 



I am indebted to Dr. Horvath for the opportunity of figuring 

 this species. 



Genus NIPHE. 



Niphe, Sm, bfv. Vet.-AA: Fork. 1867, p. 516. 



Type, N. suhferruginea, Westw. 



Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Regions. 



Head a little narrowed forwards, the lateral margins slightly 



Fig. 89. — Mormidella 2Miili. 



