104 Mr. W. S. Dallas's Sketch 



maculaque ante apicem, nigris ; ano rufescenti ; pectore 



(marginibus antero-lateralibus rufis exceptis), pedibus, an- 



tennisque nigris. $ , $ . 

 Long. lin. 8 — 9. 

 Hab. in Indiis Orient. 

 In Mus. Brit., &c. 

 Cimex Driircei, Lin. Mant. Plant. 534; Drury, Ins. vol. i. p. 94, 



pi. 42, fig. 1 ; Fab. E. S. vol, iv. pp. 83, 13. 

 Tetyra Drurcei, Fab. S. R. pp. 132, 17. 

 Scutellera Dr., Germ, Z., vol. i. p. 135. (Burm. p. 396.) 

 {Tectocoris Dr., Hope, Cat.) Stoll. Wanz. p. 114, fig, 267. 



The normal condition of this species may be considered to ex- 

 hibit the typical colouring of the genus ; in it the spots on the 

 scutellum are arranged, — five basal, of which the central one is 

 somewhat triangular and rather short, the two intermediate small- 

 est ; two behind these, placed opposite the intermediate basal ones, 

 a row of four across the disc, rather behind the middle, and two 

 towards the apex. The seven spots at the base are frequently 

 confluent, forming a large basal patch, with three large notches in 

 its posterior margin (as in the variety figured by Drury) ; the 

 row of spots across the disc are also often united to form a trans- 

 verse band. The narrow basal segment of the abdomen, and 

 generally the second segment also, are violet-black ; the stigmata 

 of the other segments are surrounded by spots of the same colour, 

 which generally occupy the entire lateral margins of the segments, 

 and thus form a black border to the abdomen ; the terminal seg- 

 ment, except the posterior and lateral margins, is black. 



In a specimen of this insect, in the Museum of the East India 

 Company, the usual black spots on the thorax and scutellum are 

 represented by whitish guttse, whilst the black markings of the 

 abdomen occupy more of the surface than usual. 



Sp. 5. P. ohsoletus, N. S. 



P. ovatus, coccineus opacus, pallide violaceo-maculatus ; tho- 

 race marginibus lateralibus et antico nitidis; elytris coccineis ; 

 abdomine coccineo, segmento primo, stigmatibus, maculaque 

 magna segmenti ultimi, nigris ; ano rubro ; pectore (margini- 

 bus antero-lateralibus exceptis), pedibusque nigris, femoribus 

 basi fuscescentibus. $ . 



Long. lin. 9. 



Hab. Hong Kong. 



In Mus. Brit. 



