1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rlijnchota. 161 



suboeneous-black : lateral streak on pro-stethium' obscurely seneons : band 

 near the apex of the femora and two bands on the tibice, fuscous : head 

 somewhat lobate on both sides before the eyes, slightly sinuate before 

 the lobe, sides thence somewhat parallel, juga very obliquely sinuately 

 truncate towards the apex: lateral angles of pronotum prominent, 

 somewhat sinuately truncate at the apex, anterior lateral margins sinuate 

 in the middle, rounded and crenulated before the sinus: scutellum 

 slightly bigibbous at the base {Stdl). Long, 24 ; broad, 13 mill. 

 Reported from Ligor, Malacca, Assam. 



Species of doubtful position. 



275. Pentatoma bengalensis, Westwood, Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 36 (1837) ; Stal, 

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



Fulvescent, punctured black ; head with black lines between the 

 eyes ; antennae fuscous ; anterior part of pronotum with a submarginal 

 line of black dots and other dots arranged on both sides in the shape 

 of an irregular triangle : scutellum with a small levigate space on both 

 sides at the base : apical spot on corium, rufous : membrane hyaline : 

 abdomen beneath with a median line of spots and a submarginal line 

 on both sides, black (Westiv.). Long, 9—10 mill. 



Reported from Bengal. 



276. Pentatoma alho-notata, Westwood, Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 37 (1837) ; Stal, 

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



Narrower than P. bengalensis, Westw., somewhat parallel ; black, 

 punctured : band on the disc of the pronotum abbreviated : spots on 

 the scutellum of an irregular Y-shape, large triangular spot on corium 

 at the apex, coxge, intermediate tibiae in the middle, and median band 

 on the abdomen, white : extreme tip of membrane, hyaline (Westw.). 

 Long body, 8 — 9 mill. 



Reported from Gambia (Westiv.) ; Bengal (Stal), 



277. Pentatoma unicolor, Westwood, Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 41 (1837) ; Stal, En. 

 Hem. V, p. 127 (1876). 



Allied to Pentatoma juniperina, Fabr., but form of pronotum dis- 

 tinct : sides of pronotum angularly prominent, subacute : above leek- 

 green, somewhat opaque, punctured : membrane fuscous ; body beneath 

 with the feet paler; antennae green, two last joints, fuscous (Westw.). 

 Long, 12-13 mill. 



Reported from Bengal. Westwood (p. 38, 1. c.) gives this name to a 

 second species from Java which is one with JSIezara viriduJa, Linn. 



278. Pentatoma indica, Westwood, Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 42 (1837) ;_^Stal, En. 

 Hem. V, p. 127 (1876). 



Luteous-fuscous, punctured black, shining, broad : posterior angles 



