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of third and upper halves of fourth and fifth joints of anteunre 

 black: the pronotum and scutellum are also subrugulose ; other 

 colour-markings as in iV. viridida. 



Horvath has also described {supra) similar colour varieties as 

 occurring with the previous species. 



Length 12 to 13 millim. 



Hah. Himalaya (vide -ffori'rtifZi).— Originally described from Japan 

 and received from China. 



355. Nezara graminea, Fabr. (Cimex) Mant. Lis. ii, p. iO-j (1787) : 

 Stdl {Acvostenimn) , Hem. Faf/r. i, p. 31 (1868) ; Atl-. (Acrosternum) 

 J.A.S. B. Ivii, p. 118 (1888). 

 Cimex seladouius, Fahr. Ent. Syst. iv, p. 114 (1794). 

 Pentatoma lemur, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi, p. 401 (1860) ; 

 Kirby, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv. p. 84 (1801). 



Above green or yellowish-green : thickly punctate ; lateral 

 margins of pronotum and basal lateral margins of corium luteous 

 or yellowish-green ; apex of scutellum with two small subcallous 

 whitish spots : body beneath and legs pale greenish, legs more or 

 less streaked and suffused with yellowish-green, disk of abdomen 

 luteous ; antennae pale fuscous, bases of first, second, and third 

 joints more or less distinctly pale greenish. 



Length 7 to 9 millim. 



Hah. Ootacamund and Calcutta (vide Atlinson). Ceylon {Coll. 

 Hist.). 



356. Nezara nigromaculata, sp. n. 



Above pale green, somewhat coarsely punctate and obsoletely 

 subrugulose ; corium a little darker in hue ; scutellum with a 

 small shining black spot on each side a little before apex; lateral 

 mai'gins of pronotum, base of lateral margins to corium, and 

 margins of connexivum nari'owly luteous : membrane pale hyaline ; 

 antennae pale gi'eenish, fourth and fifth joints black : body beneath 

 and legs very pale greenish or yello\^ish-green, the tarsi and apices 

 of tibiae black. 



Length 8 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon {Lewis). 



Genus ZANGIS.- ^ ''^ 



Zangis, Stal, Ofv. J^et.-AIc. Fiirh. 1807, p. 514 ; En. Hem. v, p. 64 

 (1876). _ . 



Type, Z. heryilus, Fabr. 



Distribution. Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australasian Eegions ; 

 also found in China. 



Closely allied to Nezara and separated by Stal on the following- 

 characters : — Abdominal basal tubercle very distinctly elevated, an- 

 teriorly angulated and somewhat compressed, about reaching the 

 metasternum, which is elevated and usually sinuated posteriorly : 



