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PENTATOMIU.i:. 



Nat. Ins. p. I'A (1840); Ajui/. .S- .Vrr. 



Atkinson, J. A. 8. B. 1888, p. 169 \- syn. 

 Peutatoma concinna i!V' violacea, IVesiw. it 



(1837). 

 Zicroua illustris, Amij. ^- Serv. Hem 



Hem. p. 8(j (1843); 

 Hope Cat. i. p. 39 

 p. 87 (^1843). 



Entirely csBrulean or blue 

 or violaceous ; antennae and 

 membrane black ; above verv 

 finely and somewhat spar- 

 ingly punctate ; scutellum a 

 little gibbous at base. 



Length 9 to 10 millim. 



Hah. Kashmir; ISind Val- 

 ley (>SVo?«"r/i'«). Bengal. Xaga 

 Hills (Doherfif). Burma; 

 Kareunee (Fea). — Also re- 

 ceived from several islands 

 in the Mala}' Archipelago, 

 not uncommon in China and 

 Japan, and a widely distributed species throughout the PahTearctic 

 Region. 



Fig'. 1(53. — Zierona cani/ca. 



tSjiecies of imcertain position. 

 Anna veJata, Walk. Cat. Het. iii, p. 532 (18(58). 



This species, described from Hindostan, is in the jN'ational 

 Museum at Melbourne. It is certainly described in the wrong 

 genus, probably does not belong to the Asopiuae, and is verv 

 possibly a synonym of some other species. 



Subfamily VII. TESSARATOMINtE. 



Tessaratomida, Stal. Hem. Afr. i, p. 3:> (l,><(i4). 

 Edessidse, part., Ball. List Hem. i. p. 31(i (IS")]). 



The Tessaratominae comprise the largest representatives of the 

 whole Heteroptera, and reach their highest development in the 

 Oriental Eegion. This snbfamily of the Pentatomidas is easily 

 distinguished by having the spiracles of the basal ventral seg- 

 ment exposed, not hidden by the metasternuui. 



1\\ life, the colour of many species, in genera such as Evsthenci., 

 is bright olivaceous-green, becoming much duller and darker after 

 death* ; it must therefore be kept in mind that the colour descrip- 

 tions here given are taken from cabinet specimens. 



* The greenish coloration can be reproduced by immersing the dried 

 specimen in spirit or even water. 



