1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliyncliota. 41 



minenfc, anterior portion much paler than the posterior, with a trans- 

 verse brassy black spot behind each anterior angle : scutellum with a 

 yellow impunctate spot in each basal angle : membrane transparent, 

 nearly colourless, veins slightly tinged brown and the inner basal 

 angle immaculate : disc of abdomen beneath, deep brassy brown or 

 black, the sides thickly and finely punctured, the middle impunctate, 

 the margins broadly testaceous, thickly and finely punctured brown : 

 pectus testaceous, so thickly covered with brown punctures as to appear 

 nearly brown : legs pale testaceous, femora with numerous brown 

 points : rostrum testaceous, apex black ; antennae pale testaceous with 

 the apical joints brownish ; second joint distinctly longer than the third 

 (Dallas). Long, 6J mill. 



Reported from Java, Sumatra, Philippines, Calcutta (mihi). 



Genus EtsarcoriS, Hahn. 



Wanz. Ins. ii, p. 66 (1834) ; Kolen., Melet. Ent. iv, p. 32 (1846) Dallas, List 

 Hem. i, p. 224 (1851): Eusarcoris, Fieber, Eur. Hem. p. 79, 331 (1861) : Penta- 

 toma, subg., Eysarcocoris, Stal, Hem. Afric. i, p. 135 (1864). 



Body obovate, very often broad, beneath very convex : head de- 

 flexed, rounded at the apex, tylus reaching the apex ; bucculse conti- 

 nued through, rather elevated : antennae moderate, first joint about 

 on a level with the apex of the head, 2 and 3 joints varying in length : 

 second joint of rostrum as long as, or a little longer than, the two 

 apical joints taken together : pronotum rather declined anteriorly, 

 anterior lateral margins obtuse, slightly callous, entire : scutellum broad 

 posteriorly, somewhat longer than broad at the base ; f rena not extended 

 to the middle of the scutellum : feet moderate, femora unarmed at the 

 apex ; tibiae above, not, or only obsoletely, furrowed (Stdl). 



185. Eysarcoris (?) ventralis, Westwood. 



Pentatoma ventralis, Westw., nee Dallas, Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p, 36 (1837) ; Stal, 

 En. Hem. v, p. 126 (1876). 



Pentatoma pallicornis, Westw., 1. c. p. 8 (1837). 



Pale luteous, very much punctured, black : head and pronotum 

 anteriorly, blackish : scutellum with two distinct, round, whitish spots 

 at the base ; body beneath, antennae and feet, concolorous : abdomen 

 with a large black patch in the middle (Westw.). Long 6^ mill,. 



Reported from Bengal. 

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