330 PENTATOMID^. 



transverse fascia near the anterior margin, and a nai'row longi- 

 tudinal line along the middle, impuuetate, yellow ; scutellum 

 yellowish-brown, paler towards the apex, and with a yellow spot 

 in the middle of the base ; corium dusky testaceous, thickly and 

 strongly punctured, the apex yellowish ; a short transverse im- 

 puuetate oi'auge fascia near the outer margin, considerabl}'' beyond 

 the middle, directed towards but not reaching the internal angle ; 

 membrane transparent, faintly clouded with brown ; abdomen above 

 deep red, the margins yellowish ; head, pronotum, and abdomen 

 beneath, with the legs, rostrum, and antennae testaceous, the 

 antennae rather darker ; abdominal spine short, scarcely reaching, 

 the intermediate coxse. 



Length 7 millim. 



Hah. Sikhim. North-east India {Coll. Dist.). 



542. Elasmostethns asperum, Walk. (Acauthosoma) Cat. Het. ii, 

 p. 395. 17 (1867) ; Bist. A. M. N. H. (7) vi, p. 230 (1867). 



Ochraceous, sparingly but coarsely darkly punctate ; pronotum 

 with the basal area darker from between the posterior halves of 

 lateral angles, where there is sometimes a distinct dark fascia, 

 two transverse, im punctate, testaceous fasciae near the anterior 

 margin : body beneath and legs ochraceous, body coarsely and 

 darkly punctate ; lateral margins of the sternum levigate, luteous ; 

 lateral spines castaneous beneath ; the lateral margins of the pro- 

 notum are obliquely extended to the apices of the lateral angles, 

 which are obtusely angulated and slightly recurved backward, their 

 posterior margins a little sinuate ; corium distinctly ampliated from 

 beyond middle to apex. 



Length 9| to 10 ; breadth between pronotal angles 6 millim. 



Hah. Punjab; ^hivTQQ {Stoliczlca). '^\kh\m {Coll. Dist.). 



