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PENTATOMIB.?;. 



This species is allied ia general coloration to the preceding 

 species (T. javanica), but is a narrower and more elongate insect ; 

 the antennae are altogether black ; and in the male the anal 

 appendage is sinuate at the apex, the apical angles acute. 



Length 25 to 28 ; breadth 13| to 15 millim. 



Hah. Assam. Calcutta {Atkins. Coll.). jN'ilgiri Hills (i/'aTOj)SO«). — 

 This species is better kno«n from China, where it is the dominant 

 form of the genus. 



Genus HYPENCHA. 



HyYieiicha, Amy. Si- Seri\ Hem. p. 160 (1843); Stal, Hem. Afr. i, 

 p. 225 (1864). 



Type, H. apicalis, Lepell. & Serv., a Malayan species. 



Distribution. Oriental Eegion. 



Head moderately pointed ; antennae a little longer than in 

 Tessaratoma, with the joints proportionally longer and less stout; 

 rostrum passing the anterior coxae ; pronotum transverse, the 

 lateral angles prominent, rounded, the basal margin slightly 

 produced posteriorly over the base of the scutellum ; metasternal 

 elevation continued a little beyond the anterior coxae and slightly 

 directed downward towards apex ; scutellum not reaching the 

 middle of abdomen, its apex more or less spatulate ; abdomen not 

 dilated or only slightly dilated on each side ; intermediate and 

 posterior femora prominently spined before apex. 



408. Hypencha luctuosa, Stdl, Tr. E. S. (3) i, p. 596 (1863). 



" J . Obovate, somewhat brassy black ; above sparingly but 



Fig. 165. — Ht/jiencha luctuosa. 



distinctly punctate, more finely on hemelytra ; beneath densely, 

 iinely, rugulosely punctate; apical joint of antennae (excluding 

 base), head beneath, meso- and metasterna ochraceous ; lateral 

 angles of pronotum somewhat prominent." (Stdl.) 



Length 28 ; breadth 15 millim. 

 y Hab. Burma {^Brit. Jlim.). 



Stal's type is here figured. 



