4 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



from apex ; the punctuation is very dense along the lateral margins and at pronotal angles. 

 Scutellum somewhat gibbous at base, deflexed towards apex, where it is more sparingly 

 punctured. Corium with a faint impunctate longitudinal line on disc, extending from base 

 to about two-thirds its length, rather widened at apex. Membrane extending beyond apex 

 of abdomen, pale fuscous with the nervures dark brown for half the length from base, fol- 

 lowed by a row of four brown spots and a marginal row of six spots of the same colour, the 

 two outer ones being long and linear. Under side of body luteous, with the pectoral and 

 abdominal margins broadly punctured with green, sparingly on abdomen, and more densely 

 on prosternum ; legs luteous, thickly spotted with brown ; tarsi luteous, apical joint pitchy. 



tf . Long. 14 mill. ; lat. pronot. ang. 6| mill. 



? . Long. 15 to 16 mill. ; lat. pronot. ang. 7 5 mill. 



JLab. Murree. 



I have compared the above with all the congeneric types of Dallas in the British Museum 

 and of Hope in the collection at Oxford, from which it is quite distinct in general struc- 

 ture. Dr. Stoliczka collected a fine series of both sexes. 



5. DALPADA TECTA, Walk. 



Dalpada tecta, Walk., Cat. Het. 1, p. 224, 1867. 

 Sab. Murree. The type was from Sylhet. 



6. PALOMENA VIRIDISSIMA, Poda. 



Cimex poda, Mus. Gr. 56, 10. Pal. viridissima, Stal, Hem. Fab. 1, p. 28. Muls. et Roy., Pun. Fr. 

 277, 1, 1866. Pent, dissimilis, Ball., List. 1, p. 241, 20, 1851. 



Hab. Murree. 



This Palsearctic form is generally distributed throughout Europe. N. W. Siberia 

 (Sahlberg). 



7. PALOMENA REUTEBI, Dist. Fig. 2. 

 Palamena reuteri, Dist., Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond., 1879, p. 122. 



<? . Green ; head, anterior border of pronotum, basal half of scutellum, and membrane 

 bronzy. Head obscurely rugulose, very thickly and strongly punctured with black, median 

 lobe slightly shorter than the lateral ones. Rostrum luteous, with the tip black. Antennae 

 luteous, apical joint somewhat fuscous, 3rd joint distinctly longer than the 2nd, rather 

 shorter than the 4th, 5th longest. Pronotum obscurely rugulose, very thickly and strongly 

 punctured with black, with two slightly waved lateral linear impunctate foveae situated a 

 little behind the anterior margin, lateral angles somewhat prominent and rounded. Scutel- 

 lum thickly covered with deep black punctures, slightly rugulose at base Corium thickly 

 and deeply punctured with black. Abdomen above black, thickly and finely punctured with 

 the connexivum luteous, punctured with black. Body beneath pale luteous, slightly clouded 

 with greenish. Legs greenish, tarsi luteous. 



