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



Tetyra nobilis, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 129 (1803). 



Tectocoris nohilis, Hahn, Wanz. Ins. iii, p. 24, t. 81, f. 247 (1835). 



Tectocoris 'perplexa, Westwood, Hope, Cat. Hem. 1, p. 4 and 15 (1837). 



Calliphara nohilis, Germar, Zeitschr. i, (i) p. 124 (1839) : Am. & Serv. Hist. 

 Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 30 (1843). 



Scutellera nohilis, Lam. Hist. Nat. iii, p. 491 (1816) : Burm. Handb. ii, (i) p. 395 

 (1835) ; Blancbard, Hist. Nat. Ins. iii, p. 158, Hem. t. 8, f. 3 (1840) ; Dallas, List 

 Hem. i, p. 18 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 15 (1867) ; Vollenhoven, Faune Ent. 

 TArch. Indo-Neer. p. 11 (1863) ; Stal, En. Hem. iii, p. 14 (1873) ; Distant, A. M. 

 N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 44 (1879). 



Oblong ; caerulean-golden, spotted black : beneath rufous, with 

 lateral bands shining blue and gold (G. nohilis^ Fabr.). 



Light metallic green, varying to deep blue or even purple : body 

 above and beneath and legs covered with a fine greyish pubescence 

 more abundant on the head and anterior part of pronotum, abdomen 

 and legs : eyes brown, ocelli red : rostrum reddish or brown : first joint 

 of antennae reddish brown, rest black : pronotum with a deep transverse 

 groove anteriorly, a row of excavated points on anterior margin, lateral 

 margins reddish brown, three irregular spots towards anterior margin, 

 a median longitudinal line, a spot on each side thereof and on the 

 humeral angles, black : scutellum with a median longitudinal line reach- 

 ing to about the middle and three spots on each side thereof, black, a 

 smaller sublateral spot on each side between the second and third pairs, 

 sometimes also a sublateral spot between the first and second pairs, and 

 sometimes all or some are more or less obsolete : body beneath red with 

 a purplish tint ; head beneath, patches on pectus, and oblique transverse 

 bands on abdominal segments, interrupted in the middle and not reach- 

 ing the margins, golden blue or green : cox» and femora red, tips of 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi deep metallic violet. "Varies much in size from 

 14 to 21 mill. 



Var. : — Head green with three black spots : first joint of the an- 

 tennae black not red : lateral margins of pronotum without a red limbus, 

 first third green, rest blue with traces of five black spots ; scutellum 

 blue with ten black spots : abdomen beneath golden green, shining, 

 with a large orange yellow patch on the disc, margin orange, crenulated 

 black : anal plate green (Voll.) . 



Reported from Bengal, Pondicheri, Assam (Silhat, Cachar), Burma, 

 Panjab, India, Siam. The Indian Museum possesses specimens from N. 

 India, S. India, Karachi, Sikkim, Assam, and Calcutta. 



77. Scutellera fasciata. Panzer. 



Cimex fasciatus, Panzer, in Voet, Col. iv, p. 108, t. 46, f. 2 (1798) : Stoll, 

 Punaises, p. 138, t. 36, f . 251 ; var. p. 34; t. 7, f. 49 (1788). 



