20 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Lidian Rliyncliota. [No. 1, 



joint about on a level with the bucculae, second joint longer than the 

 third ; antennae slender, first joint not reaching apex of head : anterior 

 margin of pronotum neither reflexed nor callous, broadly sinuate, trun- 

 cate behind the eyes, anterior lateral margins straight, very slightly 

 reflexed, lateral angles somewhat obtuse, very slightly prominulous : 

 scutellum moderate, much longer than broad, narrow at the apex, frena 

 extended to third apical part of scutellum : costal margin of corium 

 very slightly rounded, apical angle not produced : meso-stethium cari- 

 nate : furrow from the odoriferous a23erture gradually narrowed and 

 continued in a ridge or wrinkle : abdomen not or hardly broader than 

 the hemelytra, extremity of angles of segments prominulous : body 

 narrowly obovate (Stdl). 



158. NiPHE CEPHALUS, Dallas. 



Pentatoma cephahis, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 245 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. if, 

 p. 303 (1867). 



Mphe cephalus, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forli., p. 516 (1867) ; En. Hem. v, p. 73 

 (1876). 



5 . Oblong, ovate, pale yellowdsh brown, thickly and finely punc- 

 tured with dark brown : head large, slightly emarginate at the apex, 

 the juga a little longer than the tylus, eyes brown ; ocelli yellow : 

 pronotum with the punctures very close along the lateral margins, 

 causing them to appear much darker than the rest of the surface : 

 scutellum with the apex orange : membrane semi-transparent, brownish, 

 with darker veins : abdomen beneath tawny, irregularly and sparingly 

 punctured with black, with a brown spot in the middle of the third 

 segment : pectus of the same colour as the abdomen, rather thickly 

 punctured, with some of the punctures black : legs of the same colour, 

 with numerous black points : rostrum brownish testaceous : antennae 

 testaceous, with the tip of the third, and apical half of the 4 and 5 

 joints, black (Dallas.) Long, 15 — 16 mill. 



Reported from Java, India. 



159. NiPHE ELONGATA, Dallas. 



Pentatoma elongata, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 246 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. ii, 

 p. 299 (1837). 



Niphe elongata, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh., p. 516 (1867), 1. c. p. 625 (1870) j 

 En. Hem. v, p. 73 (1876). 



$ . Elongate, somewhat oblong, with the sides parallel ; testaceous, 

 above thickly and finely punctured with black : head with the tylus as 

 long as the juga ; ocelli red : scutellum very long : coriaceous portion of 

 the hemelytra with the outer margin yellowish- white ; membrane semi- 



