ago:n'oscelis. 189 



Genus AGONOSCELIS. 



Agonoscelis, Spin. Ess. p. 327 (1887) ; Dull. List Hem. i, p. 152 



(1851) ; St&l, Hem. Afr. i, p. 177 (1864). 

 Nevroscia,^/»y. S,' Serv. Hem. p. 109 (1843). 



Type, A. nubila, Fabr. 



Distribution. Ethiopian, Oriental, aud Australasian Regions. 



Bod}'- elongately ovate, remotely ])ilose ; head generally narrowed 

 in front, rouuded at apex, lobes of equal length ; anterior lateral 

 margins of pronotum entire, straight, somewhat acute, anterior 

 margin somewhat callous centrally ; scutellum long, triangular, 

 narrowed to apex, much longer than broad at base ; mesosternum 

 centrally moderately cai'inate ; abdomen sometimes moderately 

 sulcate and unarmed at base. 



310. Agonoscelis nuhila., Fair. (Cimex) Si/st. Ent. p. 712 (1775); 



Fahv. (llalvs) Syst. Rhyny. p. 183 (1803) ; Halm (^Elia?), Wanz. 



Ins. ill, p. 29, t. 82, f. 251 (1835) ; Dall. List Hem. i, p. 179 



(1851). 

 Pentatoma grata, Palis, de Beauv. Ins. p. 120, Hem. t. 9, f. 5 



(1805). 

 Agouoscelis varies., 'Spin. Ess. p. 329 (1837). 

 iElia crucifera, JFestw. in Hope Cat. i, p. 32 (1837). 

 Nevroscia svilciveutris, Ellenr. Nat. Tijdschy. Nederl. hid. xxiv, 



p. 144, pi. ii, f. 11 (1862). 



Body ochraceous, thickly covered with coarse black punctures, 

 excepting the lateral margins and central fascia to head, lateral 

 and anterior margins and an irregular central fascia to pronotum, 

 posterior central fascia and apex to scutellum, and basal lateral 

 margin to corium, which are levigate and more or less orange- 

 yellow ; there are also scattered luteous rugosities particularly 

 distinct on the anterior lateral areas of the scutellum ; connexivuni 

 orange-yellow, with minute black spots at the apices of the in- 

 cisures ; membrane pale fuliginous with the veins piceous : body 

 beneath and legs luteous, lateral margins of sternum and abdomen 

 orange-yellow ; antennae, apex of rostrum, tibiae, tarsi, and apices 

 of femora, a double lateral series of spots to sternum and abdomen, 

 the last with an additional double series of very small spots, 

 black. 



Length 10 to 11 millim. 



Hah. Kashmir; Siud Valley (Stoliczl-a) . Khasi Hills (Cheii- 

 nell) ; Naga Hills {Dolierty). Calcutta ; Bombay (Diivon) ; Nilgiri 

 Hills {Hampson)\ Mysore. Ceylon (Green). Burma; Arakan 

 {Ind. Mus.). Tenasserim; Malewoon (Fea).— Also found in China, 

 Japan, the Malay Peninsula, and several islands of the Malayan 

 Archipelago. 



" At Bombay, usually found on the Ghevda creeper (Dolichos 

 lahlah, Linn.).'" — li. J/. Dixon. 



