162 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [No. 2, 



of the pronofcum a little prominent, rounded, fulvous at the apex : veins 

 on hemelytra longitudinal : abdomen beneath with a large, longitudinal, 

 median, black spot {Westio.). Long, body, 8 — 9 mill. 

 Reported from Bengal. 



279. Pentatoma lateralis, Westwood, Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 43 (1837) ; Stal, En. 

 Hem. V, p. 127 (1876). 



Fuscous, sub-opaque, punctared-black ; sides of pronotum margined 

 paler, somewhat emarginate in the middle, posterior angles not promi- 

 nent : membrane pallid, smoky, with five fuscous longitudinal veins : 

 abdomen beneath piceous ; margin paler: feet palely luteous {Westw.) 

 Long, body, 8 — 9 mill. 



Reported from Bengal. 



280. Pentatoma crassiventre, Dallas, T. E. S. v, p. 189 (1849) ; Stal, En. Hem. 

 V, p. 130 (1876). 



$ . Body roundish : above olive-testaceous, opaque, thickly and 

 finely punctured w^ith black : head very thickly and rather coarsely 

 punctured : eyes brown : pronotum with the lateral angles considerably 

 produced on each side, but rounded at the apex ; emarginate anteriorly 

 for the reception of the head, the posterior margin straight : the anterior 

 portion of the pronotum is more thickly punctured than the posterior, 

 with a faint transverse line on each side near the anterior margin, and a 

 very narrow longitudinal line on the disc, smooth, impunctate : 

 scutellum rather more faintly punctured towards the apex : hemelytra 

 with a small impunctate spot on the disc ; the membrane transparent : 

 dorsum of abdomen pitchy black, the margins testaceous, very thickly 

 punctured with black : beneath testaceous, smooth, slightly shining : 

 abdomen convex, punctured with black, the punctures very close 

 together towards the margins, thus forming a broad cloady line down 

 each side within the line of stigmata ; the base of the second segment, 

 and a large spot in the middle of the 5 — 6 segments, black : pectus and 

 underside of head concolorous with the abdomen : legs pale testaceous, 

 with distinct pitchy punctures ; those on the femora much larger than 

 those on the tibise ; the apices of the latter and the tarsi tinted with 

 ferruginous : antennae with the two basal joints pale testaceous ; 

 rostrum of the same colour, with the apex pitchy black (Dallas). Body 

 long, 9 ; breadth of pronotum, 6| mill. 



Reported from Sikkira. 



281. Pentatoma fimbriata, Westw, (nee. Fabr.) Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 39 (1837) ; 

 Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 127 (1876). 



Grass-green above and beneath ; above, punctured, shining : heme- 

 lytra luteous, punctured, varied with brunneous, external margin 

 greenish ; large internal patch or streak on the membrane fuscous : 



