NIPHE. 



151 



«inuate near middle, lateral lobes very slightly longer than the 

 central lobe, ocelli much nearer to the eyes than to each other ; 

 rostrum extending to the posterior coxa? ; antennae slender, first 

 joint almost reaching apex of head ; pronotum with the anterior 

 margin broadly sinuate, but truncate behind the eyes, lateral 

 margins straight, lateral angles obtusely subprominent ; scutellum 

 much longer than broad, its apex prominently narrowed ; meso- 

 «ternum carinate; connexivum distinctly visible beyond the margins 

 of the corium, the segmental angles very slightly prominent. 



547. Niphe subferruginea, Westw. (Pentatoma) m Hope Cat. i, p. 35 

 (1837) ; Bist. P. Z. S. 1900, p. 810. 

 Pentatoma cephalus, Ball. List Hem. i, p. 245 (1851). 

 Pentatoma lateralis, Walk. Cat. Het. u, p. 301 (1867). 



Ochraeeous, thickly and darkly punctate ; lateral margins of 



the pronotum, basal lateral 

 margins of corium, apex of 

 scutellum, connexivum, body 

 beneath, and legs pale ochra- 



WL:v-:, }[ '^M^^^^ ceous ; antennae testaceous, 



V ■ ifiliS^> with the apex of the third 



and apical halves of fourth and 

 fifth joints black; sternum 

 somewhat coarsely but palely 

 punctate and with about two 

 small black spots on the lateral 

 areas of each segment ; lateral 

 areas of abdomen with scat- 

 tered small spots and the 

 stigmata black. 



Length 12 to 14 ; breadth between pronotal angles 6 to 7 millim. 



Hah. Xorth Khasi Hills (ChenneU). Bombay (LeitJi). Travan- 

 •core. Burma ; Karennee, Palon (Feci). 



248. Niphe vittativeiitris, StSl, Oft. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 626. 



Above ochraeeous, uniformly darkly punctate, margins con- 

 oolorous, the basal lateral margin of corium very narrowly pale 

 ochraeeous ; body beneath and legs ochraeeous, sparingly darkly 

 punctate; legs promiuently blackly punctate; abdomen beneath 

 with a central black longitudinal ' fascia : antennae stramineous, 

 apices of second and third and more than apical halves of fourth 

 and fifth joints dark fuscous. 



Length 10 ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim. 



Bah. Bombay (Leith). The species was originally described 

 from the Philippines. 



Fig. 90. — l^iphe suhferruginm. 



