HEMIPTEKA HETEROPTERA OP CEYLON. 85 



*tSTRACHIA PIMBRIATA. 



Ciraex fimbriatus, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 295, n. 162 (1787). 



Var. Pentatoma crossota, Dall. List Hem. Ins. B. M. i. p. 352, n. 49 

 (1851). 



A common and wide-ranging East-Indian insect, ia both 

 forms. 



^fSTRACHIA CRUCIATA. 



Oimex cruciatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 119, n. 153 (1794). 



Strachia geometrica, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. xxxvi. (3) p. 75 (1863) ; 

 Nietn. Enemies of Coffee Tree, p. 18 (1861). 



Strachia velata. Walk. Cat. Het. Hem. B. M. ii. p. 329, n. 62 (1877). 



Strachia siibacta. Walk. I. c. n. 63 (1877)- 



Feeds on the berries of the cof£ee-tree {E. E. G-.). A variable 

 species ; I think I am correct in placing the above names together. 



Mr, Grreen's collection includes two specimens of a very pretty 

 variety, with all the darker parts green, and the lighter ones iu- 

 distiuctly outlined in pale yellow. Thetegmina are reddish, with 

 the black markings present or absent, and the costa gi-een. 



*tSTEACHIA PICTA. 



Cimex pictus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 715, n. 93 (1775). 

 A common Indian insect. Mr. Green's specimens are without 

 special locality. 



*tBATHTC(ELiA iKBiCA. (Plate lY. fig. 15.) 



Bathycoelia indica, Dall. List Hem. Ins. B. M. i. p. 2/0, u. 3 (1851). 



The type is from North India. Mr. Green's specimens are chiefly 

 from Nawalapitya, but one is labelled " Putlam." 



A most variable species ; fawn-colour ; bufl' spotted with green 

 or dark blackish green. Easily recognizable by the curious black 

 puncture at the basal angles of the scutellum. The closely allied 

 African species £. thalassina, Herr.-Schaff"., varies in colour in 

 precisely the same manner. 



*t Cat ACANTHUS INCAENATFS. 



Cimex incarnatus, Drury, III. Ex. Ent. ii. pi. xxxvi. f. 5 (1773). 

 Catacanthus incarnatus, Atk. J. A. S. B, ivii. p. 71 (1888). 

 A common insect throughout the whole Indo-Malayan region, 

 from the Corea to Borneo. 



*tZANGis DOBSALis. (Plate lY. fig. 2.) 



Rhaphigaster dorsalis^ Dohrn, Stett, ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 401, n. 28 

 (1860). 



