PLAUTIA. 



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narrowed towards apex, about as long as broad at base ; meso- 

 sternum centrally carinate ; abdomen centrally obscurely tiiber- 

 culate but not spined at base. 



29d. Plautia fimbriata, Fabr. (Cimex) Mant. Ins. ii, p. 295 (1787) ; 



Dall. (Pentatoma) List U em. i, p. 251 (1851); Stal, Hem. Afr. i, 



p. 191 (1864). 

 Pentatoma fimbriolatuiu, Hen-.-Schiiff. Wanz. Ins. \n, p. 102, f. 768 



(1844). 

 Pentatoma crossota, Dall. List Hem. \, p. 252 (1851). 

 Ehapbigaster rufoviridis, Walk. Cat. Het. ii, p. 364 (1867). 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum briglit pale olivaceous-green, 

 tbe last witb tbe apical mai'gin narrovvl}^ greyisb ; corium purplisli- 

 red, the lateral margin green, and frequently with a more or less 

 Avell-defiued posterior discal spot ; membrane fuliginous, darker at 

 base, where there are t\\o brown spots ; abdomen above red ; 

 body beneath and legs pale greenish ; abdomen with the central 

 disk greenish-ocbraceoiis, and with lateral marginal black points 



Fig. 1 08. — Via utia fimbriata. 



at the apices of the incisures ; rostrum greenish-ochraceous with 

 the apex piceous ; antennee greenish-ochraceous, with the apices 

 of the fourth and fifth joints infuscated : the pronotum and 

 scutellum are finely and somewhat sparingly punctate, the corium 

 more thickly punctate. 



Length 10 to 11 ; breadth between pronotal angles 6 to 7 

 millim. 



Hah. Sikliim ; North Khasi Hills (CJiennell) ; Naga Hills 

 {Doliertij). Bombay (Leith). Calcutta {Ind. Mm.). Nilgiri Hills 

 (ffamj)so)i). Ceylon (Green). Burma; Bhamo, Teinzo, Karennee 

 (Fea). Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherty). — Common throughout the 

 Malay Peninsula and found in most islands of the Malayan 

 Archipelago; also received from China and Japan. This species 

 is also undoubtedly found in Madagascar. 



