RHYNCHOTA. 849 



Fam. Coreidae. 

 Subfani. Pseudophloeinae. 



Div. Stenocephalaria. 



8. Stenocephabis lateralis. 



Stenocephalits lateralis Sign. Bull. Sue. Eat. Fr. 1879, p. Iviii. ; Dist. Faun. Brit. Ind. 

 Rhynch. I. p. 406, fig. 239 (1902); Stenocephalus orientalis, Dist. Ent. Month. Mag. xvi. p. 202 

 (1880). 



Minikoi. Recorded from Bombay, Madras and Ceylon. 



Subfam. Alydinae. 

 Div. Alydaria. 



9. Riptortus pedestris. 



Gerris pedestris Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 727 (1775); Cimex pedes Grael. Syst. Nat. i. iv. 

 p. 2191 (1788); Riptortus pedestris Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. p. 64 (1868); Dist. Faun. Brit. Ind. 

 Rhynch. I. p. 414, fig. 244 (1902). 



Minikoi. Distributed throughout British India, including Burma and Ceylon, and also 

 found in the Malay Peninsula. 



10. Riptortus fuscus. 



Lygaeus fuscus Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 539 (1798); Alydus ventralis Westw. in Hope 

 Cat. n. p. 20 (1842) ; Alydus major Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 402 (1860) ; Riptortus 

 fuscus Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. p. 64 (1868) ; Dist. Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhynch. I. p. 414 (1902). 



Minikoi. Similarly distributed as the last species. 



Subfam. Corizinae. 

 Div. Serinetliaria. 



11. Serinetha abdominalis. 



Lygaeus abdominalis Fabr. Syst. Rhyng. p. 226 (1803); Leptocoris abdominalis Burm. 

 Handb. il. p. 305 (1835); Lygaeomorphus abdondnalis Blanch. Hist, des Ins. in. jj. 116(1840); 

 Pyrrhotes abdominalis Westw. in Hope Cat. Ii. p. 26 (1842); Serinetha abdominalis Stal, Hem. 

 Fabr. i. p. 68 (1868); Dist. Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhynch. I. p. 419, fig. 246 (1902); Lygaeus 

 augur (part) Fabr. Ent. Syst. IV. p. 161 (1794) ; Leptocoris rufus Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i. p. 201, 

 fig. 102 (1831); Serinetha taprobanensis Dall. List Hem. U. p. 461 (1852); Leptocoris bahram 

 Kirk. Bull. Liverp. Muss. ii. p. 46 (1899). 



Maldives ; Inguradu and Heddufuri, Mahlosmadulu ; Minikoi. Distributed throughout British 

 India and Ceylon ; Tenasserim. Also found in the Island of Sokotra. All the specimens 

 collected by Mr Gardiner belong to the pale form to which Dallas gave the name tapro- 

 banensis. 



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