84 MR. W. r. KIRBT ON THE 



Common in the East Indies, and ratlier variable in colour. A 

 long list of synonyms is given by Atkinson (I. c). 



Mr, Grreen's specimens are from Pundaloya and Nawalapitya. 



*'tPE]SrTATOMA CONTINGElSrS. 



Pentatoraa contingens, Walk. Cat. Het. Hem. B. M. ii. p. 302, n. 121 

 (1867). 



The type is from Hong Kong. This insect is perliaps a variety 

 of P. gutta, Dall., likewise a Chinese species. 



Mr. Green's Cinghalese specimens are rather variable, and in 

 the darkest specimens the pale spot at the tip of the scutellum 

 has entirely disappeared. They are labelled " Putlam." 



*fPE]SrTATOMA TAPEOBAIVENSIS, (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



Pentatoma taprobanensis, Dall. hist Hem. Ins. B. M, i. p. 244, n. 27 

 (1851). 



A very distinct and well-marked insect, common in Ceylon. 



Gregarious ; found on the bark and trunks of orange-trees 

 {E. E. G.). 



Pentatoma lemtjb. 



Pentatoma lemm-, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxL p. 401, n. 25 (1860). 



Described from Ceylon. 



*tPENTATOMA (?J COEINNA, sp. n. (Plate lY. fig. 12.) 



Long. Corp. 11 lin. ; lat. 7 lin. 



Brown, thickly covered with darker punctures ; head rather 

 long, with two central grooves, front bifid ; pronotum deeply emar- 

 ginate before the lateral angles, rendering them nearly straight 

 in front ; they are prominent, moderately long, and slightly obtuse 

 at the tips. Under surface paler, mottled and speckled all over 

 with black ; ventral surface of abdomen with obsolete blackish 

 markings, and sometimes with a zigzag row of blackish markings 

 on each side. Legs, especially femora, distinctly marked with black 

 dots. Terminal segment of abdomen quadrifid, the four projec- 

 tions rather pointed and of equal size. Antenuse slender, set 

 with short bristles, 5-jointed; joints 3 and 4 of equal length, 2 

 shorter, and 4 shorter than 2. 



Pundaloya. 



This species hardly appears to belong to any genus represented 

 in the British Museum ; but so large a number of genera of 

 Pentatomidcd have been proposed on slight characters that I am 

 unwilling to add to their number until they have undergone 

 thorough investigation. 



