1918.] C. A. Paiva : Rhynchota from Barkuda 1. 7 



posterior femora black with a subapical pale annulation ; apices of 

 intermediate femora luteous. Length 10-5 millim. 



Type No. 7242/H.I. in the collection of the Zoological Survey of 

 India. 



Family LYGAEIDAE. 



Aspilocoryphus guttiger (Dall.) 



1852. Lygaeus guttiger, Dallas, List Hem. II, p. 574. 



1904. Aspilocoryphus guttiger. Distant, Faun. Brit. I ml. Rlvjn. II, p. 11. 



Barkuda, 13— 18-iv-14, 25-vii — 4-viii-17. 



[Single individuals of this species are not infrequently seen on the 

 ground in the more open parts of the jungle.] 



Recorded from North Bengal. Represented in the collection of the 

 Zoological Survey of India from Calcutta ; Ranchi ; Dharampur (under 

 stone), ca. 5,000 ft., Simla hills ; and Kufri, near Simla, W. Himalayas, 

 8,000 ft. 



Nysius ceylanicus (Motsch.) 



1863. Heterogaster ceylanicus. Motsch., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc, p. 78. 

 1904. Nysius ceylanicus, Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. II, p. 18. 



Barkuda, 25-vii — 4-viii-17. 



Recorded from East Himalayas : Mungphu ; Chota Nagpur, Ranchi ; 

 Ceylon. A very widely distributed species. 



Dieuches femoralis, Dohrn. 



I860. Dieuches femoralis, Dolun, Stett. eni. Zeit. XXI, p. 405. 

 1872. Rhyparochrovnus anticus. Walker, Cat. Het. V, p. 100. 

 1872. Rhyparochromus siamicus. Walker, Cat. Het. V, p. 102. 

 1889. Dieuches alternatus, Horvatli, Termesz. Fiizefek, p. 36. 

 1904. Dieuches femoralis, Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. II, p. 84. 



Barkuda, 25-vii — 4-viii-17. 



Recorded from Assam : Margherita, Naga Hills ; Sikkim ; Kashmir ; 

 Ceylon ; Burma : Palon, Bhamo ; Tenasserim, Malewoon ; Batchian. 

 Represented in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India from 

 Siliguri, base of E. Himalayas, Bengal ; Kurseong, ca. 5,000 ft., Darjiling 

 district, and Pashok, 3,500 ft., Darjiling district, E. Himalayas. 



Family PYRRHOCORIDAE. 

 Scantius forsteri (Fabr.) 



1781. Cimex forsteri, Fabricius, Spec. Ins. II, p. 368. 



1781. Cimex clavimanus, Fabricius, Spec. Ins. II, p. 368. 



1822. Lygaeus deustus, Thunberg, Hem. Rostr. Cap. IV, p. 3. 



1848. Pyrrhocoris clavimanus, Herrich-SchafEer, Wanz. Ins. VIII, p. 102, f. 871. 



1848. Pyrrhocoris forsteri, Herrich-Schaffer, Wanz. Ins. VIII, p. 102, f. 872. 



1860. Dermatinus centralis, Signorct, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 952. 



1865. Scantius forsteri, Stal, Hem. Afr. Ill, p. 10. 



? 1873. Scayitius volucris, Gerstaecker, in V. d. Decken's Reise, III, p. 413. 



1904. Scantius volucris. Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. II, p. 117. 



1910. Scantius forsteri. Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. V (Appendix), p 98- 



Barkuda, 15— 22-vii-16, 25-vii— 4-viii-l 7. 



