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PENTATOMID.E. 



are moderately concave; membrane pale capreous; abdomen above 



purplish-red, with two cen- 

 tral metallic greenisb fasciae, 

 the lateral and apical mar- 

 gins dark purplish-brown ; 

 pronotum and scutellum 

 finely transversely rugulose ; 

 corium very thickly and 

 finely punctate ; connexivum 

 nearly black, spotted with 

 ochraceous at the bases of 

 the segments. 



Length 20 to 24 ; breadth 

 between pronotal angles 12 

 to 14 millim. 

 Hah. Nagallills {Dohertij). 

 Although I possess six specimens of this species, the antennce 



are more or less mutilated in every one of them. 



Fig. \l\.— Origaiiaus humcrosus. 



Genus ASIARCHA. 

 Asiavcba, Stal, En. Hem. i, p. 73 (1)^70). 



Type, A. nigridorsis, Stal. 



Distribution. India. 



Allied to Mattiphus, Amy. & Serv., but differing by having 

 the head shorter and more obtuse : the prosternum furrowed, the 

 mesosternum Avith a longitudinal furrowed ridge ; the meta- 

 sternum elevated, anteriorly and posteriorly narrowed ; first 



Fig. 172. — Asiarcha iiigridorsis. 



abdominal segment tuberculously elevated at middle; abdomen 

 ♦Gradually slightly narrowed posteriorly, angles of sixth segment 

 acutely prominent and directed hindvvardly. 



428. Asiarcha nigridorsis, Stal (Mattiphus), 7V. E. S. (3) i, p. GOO 

 (1863) ; En. Hem. i, p. 73 (1870). 



Above piceous, beneath with antennae and legs obscurely 

 ochraceous ; extreme abdominal margin piceous ; fourth joint of 



