136 ADDENDA. PENTATOMID2E. 



pronotum ochraceous, darkly punctate, the anterior area paler and 

 containing two transverse, anterior blackish cicatrices ; scutellum 

 black, thickly coarsely punctate, apex and a connected central 

 fascia not extending beyond middle, ochraceous, sparsely blackly 

 punctate; corium ochraceous, thickly coarsely punctate; membrane 

 hyaline, reflecting the dark abdomen beneath, basal area more or 

 less, and the veins, brownish-ochraceous ; abdomen beneath and 

 legs thickly punctate, abdomen with a broad, central, black 

 longitudinal stripe. Other characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 5|-6 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4|-5 millim. 



Hal. Bengal ; Pusa (Bainbrigge Fletcher on Kangoni). 



Genus PLAUTIA. (Vol. 1, p. 180.) 

 3709. Plautia picturata, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous, central lobe narrowly margined with black, 

 basal margin also black ; antennae mutilated, basal *~ joint 

 ochraceous ; eyes black ; pronotum and scutellum stramineous ; 

 pronotum with eight pale violaceous prominent spots, six at base 

 (longitudinal) and two anterior (transverse), scutellum with four 

 pale violaceous spots, two at base (transverse) and two beyond 

 middle (elongate and angulate) ; corium pale carmine, ochraceous 

 on basal area; connexivum stramineous with marginal black spots; 

 membrane fuscous, its apex paler ; body beneath and legs ochra- 

 ceous, a marginal black spot on each side of meso- and metanotum, 

 and an abdominal segmental series of three black spots on each 

 lateral area ; prouotum, scutellum and corium more or less thickly 

 punctate; scutellum about as long as broad at base, sinuately 

 narrowed to apex. 



Length 10 ; breadth between pronotal angles 6 millim. 



Hab. Bombay ; Matheran. 



Breddin (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, p. 277 (1909)) has described a 

 small species from Ceylon under the name of P. minor. He allies 

 it to P.Jtmbriata (vol. i, p. 181), and gives the length 6-7 millim. 

 This should ally it very closely to P. viridicollis, Westw., also 

 recorded from Ceylon (vol. i, p. 182). 



Genus ANTESTIA. (Vol. I, p. 183.) 



Breddin (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, p. 278 (1909)) has described 

 a species from Ceylon under the name of A. plautioidet. It is 

 said to be allied to A. cruciala, Fabr. (vol. i, p. 185), and may 

 prove to be what, in my opinion, is a variety of that species. Its 

 length is given as 8 millim. 



Genus GYNENICA. (Vol. I, p. 188.) 

 GTNBNICA AFFINIS. (Vol. I, p. 188.) 

 Add : ffab. South India ; Coimbatore (Pusa Coll.). 

 On Barleria prionitis. 



