216 



PENTATOMID.E. 



coarse black punctures ; two black spots on each lateral area o£ 

 the sternal incisures ; stigmata black ; ventral spine passing the 

 anterior coxae, its apex black. "Antennae with the second joint very 

 short, scarcely more than half the length of the third ; the two 

 basal joints testaceous: third joint black, with the base testaceous; 

 fourth and fifth joints black, with their bases dull orange.'" 



Length 11 ; breadth between pronotal angles 9 millim. 



Hah. N. India {Brit. Mus.). Cachar (Browning). 



Genus SAB^US. 



SabjBus, Stdl, Of v. Vct.-Ak. Fork. 1867, p. 513. 



Type, S. spinosus, Dall. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 



Body obovate ; head moderately inclined and gradually narrowed 

 forvvardly, lateral margins slightly sinuate, lobes of equal length ; 

 rostrum extending beyond the posterior coxae ; basal joint of 

 antennae reaching or slightly passing the apex of head ; pronotum 

 obliquely deflected aiiteriorly, its basal margin straight, lateral 

 angles spinously produced ; scutellum of moderate size, narrowed 

 to apex ; apical angle of corium rounded ; mesosternum distinctly 

 cariuate ; apical segmental angles moderately prominent ; base of 

 abdomen with a short obtuse tuberculous spine arising from the 

 second segment. 



349. Sabaeus humeralis. Ball. (Rhaphigaster) List Hem. i, p. 278 

 (1851); Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) v, p. 393 (1900). 



Sabaeus spinosus (pt.), Leth. Sf Sev. Cat. Gen. Hem. t. i, p. 168 

 (1893) ; Atk. (pt.) J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 122 (1888). 



Ouspicona smaragdina, Walk. Cat. Het. n, p. 380 (1867). 



Pale olivaceous-green, thickly and somewhat coarsely punc- 

 tate, disks of lateral lobes to head and a spot behind base of 



each lateral pronotal angle 

 reddish-ochraceous ; mem- 

 brane pale greenish sub- 

 hyaline : body beneath and 

 legs paler green, disk of 

 sternum and abdomen 

 suffused \\ii\i ochraceous ; 

 antennae with first, second, 

 and tliird joints green, 

 fourth and apex of third 

 black ; pronotal spines 

 longly and acutely pro- 

 duced, coarsely punctate, 

 their extreme apices black. 

 Length 16| to 17 ; 

 breadth between pronotal angles 13 millira. 



Hah. Assam (Atkinson Coll.). Sylhet and Barma(Brit. Mns.). — 

 Li my own collection is a specimen from China. 



Fig-. 136. — Sah(Bus humeralis. 



