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2772. Lygaeus saxatilis, Scop. (Cimex), Ent. Cam. p. 128 (1763) ; 



Ha/m (Lyg-ajus), Wanz. ii, p. 6, f. 119 (1834) ; Oskan. Verz. Pal. 



Hem. i (fleteropt.), p. 246 (1906). 

 Cimex tesselatus, Gocze, Ent. Beitr. ii, p. 265 (1778). 

 Eulygaeus saxatilis, Rent. Rev. Syn. no. 118 (1888). 



Sanguineous ; antennae, apex of head, and a broad lateral fascia 

 before the eyes, prouotum with a broad anterior margin connected 

 with two longitudinal broad fasciae which reach the base and 

 narrow anterior lateral margins, st-utellum, nearly apical half of 

 clavus, margins of corium, inwardly angulate on apical margin, 

 and a large basal spot and an irregular transverse spot near middle, 

 membrane, head beneath, sternum, central suffusions to abdomen 

 beneath and a double row of lateral spots (one spiracular, the 

 other marginal), rostrum and legs, black ; sternum with a large 

 sanguineous spot on the lateral areas of each segment ; the black 

 markings of the head and pronotum more or less coarsely punctate ; 

 scutellum with a central ridge. 



Length 10 to 11 millim. 



Hah. Sind ; Kashmir {fide Oshanhi). Widely distributed 

 throughout the Pala-arctic region. 



2773. Lygseus simla, Did. A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 319 (1909). 



Black ; pronotum with the anterior and lateral margins (the 

 latter not reaching basal lateral angles) and a central longitudinal 

 fascia sanguineous ; corium sanguineous, with a broad, central, 

 obliquely transverse, black fascia, not quite reaching clavus ; body 



Fig. 2. — Lygaus simla. 



beneath and legs black ; lateral margins of sternum, anterior 

 margin of presternum, acetabulae, and posterior segmental margins 

 (beyond middle of abdomen widened towards lateral margins), 

 sanguineous ; antennae robust, second joint longest, third and 



