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abdominal fascia, and terminal segment stramineous. Long. 

 11 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 8 mm. 



Hab. Sikkim (Calc. Mus. and coll. Dist.). 



Antennae with the second joint a little shorter than the third, 

 fourth and fifth joints longest and subequal, or fifth a little longer 

 than the fourth. Pronotum and scutellum coarsely punctate ; 

 corium somewhat finely punctate. 



PENTATOMIN.E. 

 Halyomorpha murrca, n. s. (PI. XII., fig. 5). 

 Body above very pale greenish ochraceous, the corium (excluding 

 outer marginal area), and basal area of pronotum with a slight 

 purplish tinge. Head witli the lateral margins, margins of central 

 lobe, a small linear spot at base, and a similar spot on each side 

 before the eyes, black. Eyes somewhat purplish ; ocelli pale 

 castaneous ; antennae with the basal joint pale greenish ochraceous 

 minutely speckled with black, second and third joints purplish, 

 apical half of third joint black (remaining joints mutilated). Pro- 

 notum with the lateral margins and a double series of spots on 

 anterior half ochraceous; between and around these ochraceous 

 spots are a number of small and somewhat tessellate black spots ; 

 basal half minutely and sparingly darkly punctate. Scutellum 

 with four black spots at base, two central and one near each basal 

 angle ; four more obscure and broken black spots across disk, 

 followed by two similar spots on basal half, some tessellate and 

 minute black spots at apex, and a series of minute dark punctures 

 on each lateral margin, from basal third to apex. Corium minutely 

 and sparingly darkly punctate, costal area greenish, thickly and 

 irregularly spotted with black, lateral margins near base ochra- 

 ceous. Connexivum ochraceous, with a black linear spot at base 

 and apex of each marginal segment. Membrane pale obscure 

 creamy, minutely and sparingly speckled with black, basal two- 

 thirds pale purplish from reflection of abdomen beneath. Body 

 beneath and legs pale greenish, a linear spot in front and behind 

 eyes, a spot near anterior and intermediate coxae, a spot towards 

 lateral margins of meso- and metasternum, a spot at base of 

 anterior tibiae, a spot near apex of intermediate and posterior 

 femora, a marginal spot at base and apex of apical segments, and 

 the apex of the rostrum, black. Long. 15 mm. ;* exp. pronot. 

 angl. 8 mm. 



Hab. Sikkirn (Calc. Mus.). 



This measurement extends to apex of projecting membrane. 



