270 PEXTATOMID.i;. 



424. Mattiphus seruginosus, St8l, Tr. E. S. (3) i, p. 600 (1863). 



Oval; brassy-green above, finel_y punctate; pronot urn slightly 

 transversely rugose, its posterior area and inner area of corium 

 more or less ferruginous : body beneath and legs, extreme apex of 

 scutellum, apex of third and base of fourth joints of antenute, and 

 small marginal abdominal spots ochraceous ; sternum and abdomen 

 shining purplish-yello\\' ; femora unarmed. Stature of Fycanum 

 ruhem, Fabr., but the lateral pronotal margins are straight from 

 the apex to beyond the middle, thence obtusely roiindly angulate. 



Length 21 ; breadth 11 millim. 



Mab. Ceylon (Brit. Mtis.). 



425. Mattiphus jaspideus, Herr.-Schlif. (Pvcanum) Wanz. Ins. ix, 



p. 308, f. 1009 (1853) ; Sm (Pvcanum), En. Hem. i, p. 75 (1870) : 

 Dist. A. M. N. H. (6) xi, p. 432 (1893). 



Pale castaneous with resplendent greenish reflections ; iu fresh 

 specimens the gi'een most developed on the anterior and lateral 

 margins of the pronotum, basal margin of scutellum, aud costal 

 area of corium ; antennae black, basal joint somewhat pale cas- 

 taneous, apex of third and base of fourth joints luteous ; apex of 

 scutellum and body beneath shining luteous with greenish 

 reflections : legs pale castaneous, apices of the tibiae and the tarsi 

 piceous ; femora shortly spined beneath near apices ; anterior 

 lateral pronotal margins strongly reflexed. 



Length 23 to 25 ; breadth between pronotal angles 12 to 13 

 millim. 



Hah. Xorth-west Himalaya (ColL Dist.). Assam; Margherita 

 (DoJiertif). 



Atkinson (J. A. S. B. 1889, p. 78) considers that the shortly 

 spined femora bring this species into the genus Pycannm. In my 

 opinion, the raised metasternal plate assuredly locates it in 

 Matti2:>Jius. 



426. Mattiphus ohlongus, DalL List Hem. i, p. 344 (1851). 

 Pycanum pallipes, Walk. Cat. Het. iii, p. 473. 14 (1868). 



" Above brilliant brassy-green, generally becoming dull pitchy- 

 brown after death ; pronotum transverely quadrate, with the 

 anterior angles rather less than right angles, the anterior margin 

 nearly straight, with a small central emargination for the reception 

 of the head, the lateral margins also nearly straight, the posterior 

 margin gently rounded ; the surface of the pronotum is faintly 

 wrinkled transversely and minutely punctured ; scutellum trans- 

 versely wrinkled and rather thickly and finely punctured ; margins 

 of the abdomen projecting beyond the corium on each side, 

 especially at the apex, the posterior angles of the apical segment 

 very prominent, acute, making the apex of the abdomen apparently 

 truncated and giving an oblong form to the whole body : body 



