1918.] C. A. Paiva : Rhyncliota from Barkuda I. ' 3 



Family PENTATOMIDAE. 



[The members of this family, except Empysurus johni (Oshan.), are 

 all very scarce on the island. I have occasionally seen Macroscyius 

 suhaeneus (Dall.) on the wing a few inches above the ground. In flight 

 it closely resembles beetles of the family Histeridae.] 



Coptosoma indicum. Distant. 



1902. Coptosoma indicum. Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. I, p. 33. 



Barkuda, 21-vii-14. 



Originally described from Point de Galle, Ceylon. Represented in 

 the collection of the Zoological Survey of India from Calcutta ; Medha. 

 Yenna Valley, Satara district, ca. 2,200 ft., Bombay Presidency ; and 

 Vizagapatam, Madras Presidency. 



Macroscytus subaeneus (Dall.) 



1851. Aetlius subaeneus, Dallas, List Hem. I, p. 116. 



1866. Macroscytus javanus, Mayr, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., p. 361. 



1867. Aetlius aequalis. Walker, Cat. Het. I, p. 159. 



1868. Aethus indicus, Vollenhoven, Faun. Ind. Neerl. I, p. 17. 



1874. Macroscytus japonensis, Scott, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) XIV, p. 294. 

 1893. Macroscytus javanus, Lethierry and Severin, Cat. Gen. Hem. I, p. 71. 

 1893. Cydnus subaeneus, Lethierry and Severin, tom. cit., p. 68. 

 1899. Macroscytus subaeneus. Distant, Ann. Mag. A'at. Hist. (7) IV, p. 222. 

 1902. Alacroscytus suhaeneus. Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. I, p. 96. 



Barkuda, at light, 20— 21-vii-14, 25-vii— 4-viii-17. 



Recorded by Distant from Bombay ; Deccan ; Burma ; Kaiennee, 

 Katha, Schwego-Myo, Palon ; Tenasserim; Thagata, Kawkareet. Widely 

 distributed throughout the Malay Archipelago and found in Japan 

 (Distant.) Represented in the collection of the Zoological Survey of 

 India from Gopkuda Island, Chilka Lake. 



Cydnus varians, Fabr. 



1803. Cydnus varians, Fabricius, Sysf. Rhyng. p. 187. 



1860. Aetlius cyrtomenoides, Dohm, Siett. ent. Zeit. XXI, p. 400. 



1868. Aethus varians, Stal, Hem. Fabr. I, p. 6. 



1882. Cydnus varians, Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (6) II, p. 155, t. vi, f. 92. 



1902. Cydnus varians, Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. T, p. 92. 



Barkuda, vii-14 and 25-vii — 4-viii-1917. 



Recorded from Bengal ; Bombay ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Mandalay ; 

 Tenasserim. Represented in the collection of the Zoological Survey 

 of India from Habarane, Ceylon. 



Empysurus johni (Oshan.) 



1907. Mussa.fira johni, Oshanin, Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pitersb. 



XII, p. 416. 



1908. Empysurus johni, Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. IV (Appendix), p- 460. 



text-fig. 272. 



Barkuda, 17-vii-14, 15— 22-vii-16, 25-vii— 4-viii-17. 



[ This species is by no means uncommon on the island. It is gregarious 

 in habits and feeds on the fruit and young leaves of the fig Ficus Rimphii, 

 Bl, on which small companies of young and adults together may often 



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