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OCHROPHARA MONTANA,! 
DISTANT. 
Reference :—Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., pt. J, pp. 165, 166 (1900). 
Classification :—Order, HEMIPTERA, Family, Pentatomide. 
Description. 
Adult insect. Ochraceous, somewhat thickly and darkly 
punctate ; lateral margins of the corium, apex of the scutellum 
and a faint central fascia to same, body beneath, legs, rostrum, 
and antennz pale ochraceous; fourth and fifth joints of 
antennz reddish-ochraceous. 
Body elongate: second joint of antenne shorter than the 
third, third and fifth subequal in length, fourth a little longest. 
Lateral lobes of the head coarsely punctate, central lobe more 
sparingly punctate, a space before the eyes and at base, 
smooth. Pronotum coarsely but sparingly punctate, with a 
narrow central polished impression, posterior angles obtusely 
sub-prominent. Scutellum with a small slightly raised smooth 
callosity near each basal angle; basal area somewhat trans- 
versely wrinkled, Membrane pale greyish. Length. 12-13 millim. 
The species is of the most extraordinary variability, not 
only as regards markings, which are not abnormal, but ex- 
hibiting a plastic mobility in structure which is very unusual. 
Pl. I, fig. 6, shows, 4, young wingless larva; 6, winged adult 
of this insect. 
Life History. 
This insect does damage in both the larval and imago stages 
of its life. The present information on its life history is, how- 
ever, very meagre. It is reported to have appeared in enor- 
mous numbers over a portion of the Central Provinces at the 
* Specimens of this insect with all that is at present known of its life 
history were sent me by Mr. A. E. Lowrie, Deputy Conservator of Forests, 
in charge of the Chanda Division of the Central Provinces, At the time 
the insects were swarming in enormous numbers and destroying the crop of 
seed of the bamboo, Dendvocalamus strictus. 
