1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 31 



* Pronotum obtusely spinose : abdomen above black ; variegated on the 

 margin vrith spots of the same colour as the apex of the scutellum, 

 beneath ' e basi mucronem supra thoracem protendens.' The apex of 

 the scutellum, spots on the margin of the abdomen and the feet are 

 of the same colour. In d, antennae unicolorous ; marginal dots on 

 abdomen yellowish, beneath without dots ; varies, (a) in having hemelytra 

 reddish, fuscescent at apex, antennae black, body beneath yellow ; or (6), 

 hemelytra aeneous-greenish, immaculate at apex, pronotum obscure, apex 

 of scatellum fulvous, abdomen beneath ferruginous, wings obscure. In 

 $ , the two last joints of the antennae are flavescent at the base, sides of 

 pronotum obscure, apex of hemelytra punctured fuscous : pronotum and 

 abdomen beneath punctured, black.' It differs from D. verbasci in 

 having the angles of the pronotum produced and pointed. Long, 10 — 12 

 mill. Dallas describes his P. pallida thus : — 9 . 'Allied to Veterna aber- 

 rans, Germar, more elongate, testaceous, punctured : lateral angles of 

 the pronotum somewhat prominent : rostrum hardly reaching the base 

 of the posterior feet, whitish, extremity of apex black : antennae 

 black, basal joint whitish ; tibiae and tarsi fulvous.' Long, 14| mill. 



Reported from all Europe, N. Asia, N. Africa, Japan, Kashmir, 

 India, Oceania. 



171. DoLTCOEis VERBASCI, De Geer. 



Cimex verbasci, De Geer, Mem. iii, p. 257, t. 14, f. 5 (1773). 



Gimexlaccarum, Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv, p. 117 (1794) ; Syst. Rhyng. p. 172 (1803) ; 

 Wolff, Ic. Cim. p. GO, t. 6, f. 57 (1801). 



Pentatoma haccarum, Lep. & Serv., Enc. Meth. x. p. 57 (1825) ; Hahn, Wanz. 

 Ins. ii, p. 63, t. 50, f. 152 (1834) ; ? Douglas and Scott, Brit. Hem. p. 80 (1866). 



Pentatoma confusa, Westw., Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 8 (1837). 



Aelia depressa, Westw., 1. c. p. 32 (1837) ; Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 126 (1876). 



Pentatoma verbasci, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 235 (1851). 



Mormidea baccarum, Fieb., Eur. Hem. p. 334 (1861). 



Dolycoris baccarum, pt, Distant, Scien. Ees. 2nd Yarkand Miss. p. 5 (1879) ; Trans. 

 Ent. Sec. p. 415 (1883). 



Dallas and Distant with many others unite D. baccarum and 

 D. verbascij and make the two the same as the variable form found com- 

 monly throughout the entire region from Siberia to the Sind Valley 

 and thence to North Africa. The question whether these forms are to 

 remain separate or are to be united is entirely one for European students 

 to decide. 



Oval : pronotum angular, the lateral angles, rounded at the tip, 

 not pointed : head and pronotum above greyish-brown, sometimes with 

 a slight purplish tint : scutellum triangular, ochreous, with apex sea- 

 green ; long, and occupying more than half the length of the abdo- 



