42 E. T. Aik'mBOYi—Nules on Indian Rliyncliota. [No. 1, 



186. Eysarcoris inconspicuur, Herrich Schaffer. 



Pentafoma inconspicuum, Herr. Scliaff. (nee Dallas), Wanz. Ins. vii, p. 93 (1844) ; 

 ix, p. 155 (1853). 



Eysarcoris misellus, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh., p. 217 (1853). 



Pentatoma (Eysarcocoris) misella, Stal, Hem. Afric. i, p. 135 (1864), 



Analocus misellus, Stal, Ofvers. K. Y.-A. Forh. 3, p. 36 (1872). 



Stollia misella, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 82 (1876). 



Eysarcoris inconspicuus, Renter, Ofvers. Finska Forh. xxv, p. 6 (1883). 



Var. simplex, Pnton, Hem. Het. France ii, p. 55 (1881) ; B. S. E. F. (6 s.) i, p. 

 Ix, (1881). 



Var. mayeti, Muls., sec. Puton, 1. c. 



c? , 5 . Somewhat broadly obovate, pale greyish-stramineous, pnnc- 

 tured fuscous : head, two anterior spots on pronotum, also a very large 

 median streak running longitudinally, narrowed hindwards, occupying 

 more than one-third of the venter, fuscous-seneous : head very often 

 with a pale, fuscous punctured streak ; a minute, smooth, marginal, 

 subcallous, pale spot at the eyes : lateral and auterior margins of pro- 

 notum, also small spot on levigate, callous, basal angles of scutellum, 

 pale : very minute marginal spots on venter, black : first joint of ros- 

 trum, not, or scarcely, extending beyond the bucculse, second joint a little 

 longer than the two apical taken together : venter sometimes with an 

 obsolete, lateral, eenescent-fuscous streak : third joint of the antennae a 

 little shorter than the second (Sfdl). Long 4| — 5f ; broad, 3 — 4 mill. 



Reported from Cape of Good Hope, N. Africa, S. Europe, India, 

 Philippines. Antennse sometimes fuscous towards the apex. 



187. Etsarcorts (?) megaspilus, Walker. 



Eysarcoris meg aspilus, Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 276 (1867). 

 Tawny, shining, convex, short-elliptical, minutely punctured ; punc- 

 tures black : head black with several longitudinal tawny streaks ; lobes 

 of equal length : rostrum tawny, extending to the hind coxae ; apex black : 

 antennae tawny, piceous towards the tips, less than half the length of 

 the body ; joints successively increasing in length ; first not extending 

 to the front of the head : pronotum black ; with a few tawny speckles 

 and with a tawny disc : scutellum with a very large luteous spot on 

 each side at the base, and with a luteous crescent-shaped apical mark, 

 which is notched in the middle : pectus and underside of abdomen with 

 four irregular and interrupted luteous stripes ; a luteous ridge between 

 the middle coxae and the hind coxae : legs luteous, short, stout ; femora 

 with an irregular black band beyond the middle : hemelytra with two 



