1888.] E. T. Atkinson— A^ofes on Indian Rliyncliota. 25 



Var. a. Scutellura without the two brown lines on the disc, 

 marginal and stigmatal spots on the underside of the abdomen coalescing ; 

 prostethium with a large black spot behind the eyes in place of greenish 

 markings. 



Var. b. Specimens from Bombay have the upper surface bluish 

 instead of brownish, have typical scutellar markings, but underside as in 

 var. a. 



Reported from N. Khasiya hills, 1500-3000 feet ; Bombay. 



163. Halyomorpha murrea, Distant. 



Ealyomorpha murrea, Dist., Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 344, t. 12 f. 5 (1887). 



Body above very pale greenish ochraceous ; the corium (except the 

 marginal area), and basal area of the pronotum with a slight purplish 

 tinge : lateral margins of the head, margins of tylus, a small linear spot 

 at the base of the head, and a similar spot on each side before the eyes 

 black; eyes somewhat purplish; ocelli pale castaneous; antennae with 

 the basal joint greenish ochraceous, minutely speckled black, 2-3 joints 

 purplish, apical half of third joint black, second joint a little shorter than 

 the third ; rostrum just passes the last coxae ; pronotum with the lateral 

 margins and a double row of spots on anterior half, ochraceous ; between 

 and around these spots are a number of small and somewhat tessellated 

 black spots ; basal half minutely and sparingly darkly punctate : scutel- 

 lum with four black spots at the base, two median and one near each 

 basal angle, four more obscure and broken black spots across the disc, 

 followed by two similar spots on the basal half, some tessellated and 

 minute black spots at the apex, and a row of minute dark punctures on 

 each lateral margin, from basal third to the apex : corium minutely and 

 sparingly darkly punctate, costal area greenish, thickly and irregularly 

 spotted black, lateral margins near base ochraceous : connexivum 

 ochraceous, with a black linear spot at the base and apex of each mar- 

 ginal segment : membrane extending much beyond the abdomen, pale 

 obscure creamy, minutely and sparingly speckled black, basal two- 

 thirds pale purplish from reflection of abdomen beneath : body beneath 

 and legs pale greenish, a linear spot in front and behind the eyes, a spot 

 near anterior and intermediate coxae, a spot towards lateral margins of 

 meso- and meta-stethium, a spot at base of the anterior tibiae, a spot 

 near apices of two last pair femora, a marginal spot at base and apex of 

 apical segments, and the apex of the rostura, black (D^5^.), Long, 15; 

 exp. angl. pron., 8 mill. 



Reported from Sikkim, a single specimen (mihi). 

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