326 PENTATOMIDJE. 



punctate and rugulose ; membraue of a brouzy hue : body beneath 

 and legs ochraceous ; mesonotum with an oblique black line on 

 each side. 



Length 15 to 17 ; breadth between pronotal angles 14 to 18| 

 niillim. 



Hah. Sikhim (CoU. Dist.). Darjeeling {Stockholm Mus.). 



I was originally inclined to consider that the great disparity in 

 size between Stal's A. nlgro-l'meata and my A. fulvicornis denoted 

 specific difference ; but after experience of the variation in size 

 existing in other species of the genus, I am not prepared to 

 maintain that view. 



533. Anaxandra sigillata, Stdl, En. Hem. \, p. 114 (1876). 



Closely allied to A. nigro-Uneata, but smaller, pronotal lateral 

 prolongations shorter, above black, and at their apices anteriorly 

 more strongly rounded ; membrane more obscure ; basal lateral 

 margins of corium pale luteous ; margins of the head concolorous, 

 and pronotum without a black longitudinal line. 



Length 13; breadth between pronotal angles 10 millim. 



Hah. Cachar (Coll. Dist.). Burma; Karennee (i^m). 



Genus ELASMOSTETHUS. 



Elasmostethus, part., Fiebei; Eur. Hem. pp. 78 & 328 (1861). 

 Clinocoris, part., Hahn, Wanz. Ins. ii, p. 70 (1834) ; Stdl, Ofv. Vet.- 



Ah. Fork. 1872, 3, p. 39; id. En. Hem. v, p. 110 (1876). 

 Sastragala, Fieber, Eur. Hem. pp. 78 & 327 (1861). 

 Elasmucha, Stdl, Ami. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1864, p. 54 ; id. Ofo. Vet.- Ah. 



Fork. 1870, p. 6.38. 

 Meadorus, part., Muls. S^- Rey, Pun. France, Pent. p. 315 (1860). 



Type, E. fjriseum, Linn., a Paltearctic species. 



Distrihution. Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. 



This genus is principally distinguished by the character of the 

 mesosternal ridge, which is produced backward between the inter- 

 mediate coxte ; the posterior lateral margins of the pronotum are 

 narrowly depressed and moderately amplified. 



A. Lateral angles of the pronotum prominent, hut not spinously 

 produced, 



534. Elasmostethus punctatum, Hall. (Acanthosoma) List Hem. i, 

 p. 306 (1851); Stdl (Clinocoris), Eti. Hem. v, p. 114 (1876); 

 Leth. 8f Set: Cat. Gen. Hem. i, p. 257 (1893). 



Greenish testaceous, coarsely punctate; head punctured with 

 brown, central lobe just passing the lateral lobes; pronotum 

 strongly and rugosely punctate, the punctures brown ; scutelluin 

 triangular, with the apex much attenuated and produced, strongly 

 but not thickly punctured with brown ; corium very coarsely 

 punctured, but with a small impunctate patch on the disk ; mem- 

 brane transparent, colourless ; connexivum with a small spine at 



