208 PENTATOMID,!;. 



margins distinctly serrate ; scutellum very little longer than broad 

 at base, the apex rounded ; corium with the apical margin rounded ; 

 membrane with longitudinal veins ; ventral spine just passing the 

 posterior coxae ; mesosternum distinctly sulcated. 



334. Prionaca lata, Dall. List Hem. i. p. 291 (1851). 



Luteous, thickly punctured with dark castaneous ; pronotum 

 with a levigate luteous spot on each side ot anterior area ; coi'iuiu 

 with a levigate luteous spot on disk ; membrane fuliginous, its 

 inner basal angle piceous : body beneath and legs oehraceous, body 

 sometimes almost whollv greyishly tomentose ; abdomen with a 

 central series of transverse and a submarginal series of elongate 

 brownish spots ; antennae with, the first, second, and third joints 

 oehraceous (remainder mutilated in specimens now before me). 



Length 13 : breadth between pronotal angles 10 millim. 



Hah. Sylhet {Brit. Mus.). Khasi Hills {ChennelJ).—A\fio 

 recorded from Java. 



335. Prionaca burmanica, sp. n. 



Allied to P. lata., Dall., but the head is narrower, the apices of 

 the pronotal angles more obtuse ; also the two luteous spots to 

 ])ronotnm and the discal spot to corium are wanting. Head 

 beneath, lateral margins of presternum and under surface of 

 lateral spines, with central area of mesonotum, black ; abdominal 

 margins pale castaneous, containing a series of oehraceous spots ; 

 stigmata black. 



Length 12 ; breadth between pronotal angles 9 millim. 



Hah. Niiga Hills {Ghennell). Burma {Coll. Dist.). 



Genus DEGONETUS, nov. 



Type, D. semitus, Dist. 



Distrihutlon. India. 



Body broad and somewhat short ; head narrowed anteriorly, 

 the lateral lobes longer than the central, but separate at their 

 apices ; antennae four-jointed, basal joint not reaching apex of head, 

 second joint very long, about as long as third and fourth together ; 

 rostrum not reaching the posterior coxae, basal joint not quite 

 reaching base of head ; pronotum with the lateral margins serrate, 

 the lateral angles prominently produced ; scutellum longer than 

 broad at base, the basal angles foveate ; corium with the apical 

 angle slightly produced, the inner apical margin rounded ; meso- 

 sternum centrally sulcate ; ventral spine short, not passing 

 posterior coxae ; abdomen obtusely centrally sulcated. 



