288 



PENTATOMIDyE. 



profoundly sulcated ; metasternum lai'ge, sexangular, equally 

 ■broad and long, base and apex obtusely sinuate ; abdominal margin 

 obsoletely erosed, the segmental angles slightly prominent; femora 

 strongly spined near apices ; antennse four-jointed. 



458. Byrsodepsus coriarius, StSl, En. Hem. \i, p. 131 (1872). 



Pitchy-black ; above with lateral areas of sternum and abdomen 

 thickly and distinctly punctate ; pronotum transversely rugulose ; 

 scutellum posteriorly longitudinally rugose ; I'ostriim, disk of 

 abdomen, some obsolete scattered spots to pronotum and apex of 

 scutellum, a small distinct spot at base of scutellum, and some 

 spots on lateral abdominal area paler {ixdJescentihus, Stfil) ; ster- 

 num and abdomen at lateral area more or less griseous ; second 

 joint of the antennae a little longer than the head, basal joint not 

 quite reaching apex of head. 



Length 19 ; greatest breadth 9 millim. 



Hah. Sylliet {Leyden and Vienna Mus.). 



459. Byrsodepsus nigritus, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1901, p. 112. 



Piceous ; rostrum and apical joint of antennae (excluding base) 

 brownish-ochraceous ; antennae with the second joint longest, 



third joint prominently 

 dilated and slightly shorter 

 than fourth joint ; head 

 coarsely and rugosely punc- 

 tate, the lateral lobes long 

 and well separated internally ; 

 pronotum rugosely punctate, 

 a broad transverse impression 

 on anterior area, which be- 

 comes foveate at lateral 

 margins, the latter are ob- 

 scurely crenulate ; posterior 

 margin a little concave in 

 front of scutellum : scutellum 

 transversely rugose ; corium thickly and finely punctate ; femora 

 robust, armed on each side with a strong spine near apex. 



Length 12; breadth between pronotal angles 5j millim. 



Hub. Burma ; Palon (Fea). 



Fig. 181. — Byrsodepsus nigritus. 



Genus ATELIDES. 



Atelides, Dcdl. A. M. N. H. (2) x, p. 3(50 (18.52). 

 ? Sagrina, Sjjin. Gen. d'lns. Arfr. p. 1 17 (18.j2). 



Type, A. centroUneaius, Dall. 



Distribtition. India. 



Body somewhat ovate, broadest behind the middle ; head some- 

 what foliaceous, the lateral lobes much longer than the central lobe, 

 flieir margins reflexed and their apices sepai'ated, a strong spine 



