3o6 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. Ill, 



23. Cydnus nigritus, Fabr. 



Pusa. i2-vi-o6 — i-vii-08. 

 Cuttack. vi-05. 

 Jorliat. vi-07. 



The Fauna gives Burma, Eastern Europe, Cochin China, 

 China and Japan. 



24. Cydnus varians, Fabr. 



Pusa. 8-vi-07 — i3-vii-o6 — 6-ii-o6. 



The Fauna records Bengal, Bombajs Ceylon, Burma, Tenas- 

 serim. 



25. Macroscytus subaeneus, Dall. 



Pusa. 24-i-o6 — 22-vi-o6. 

 Buxar Duars. v-07. 



The Fauna records Bomba}^, Deccan, Burma, Tenasserim, the 

 Mala}' Archipelago, Japan. 



26. Geotomus pygmcBUs, Dall. 



Pusa. — Abundant in Jul}^, August, September. 25-ii-o8 — v-08. 

 Palamau. ix-o6. 

 Muzaffarpur. 18-X-04. 

 Surat. 2-X-04. 



The Fauna records Bombay, Ce3^1on, Burma, Malay Archi- 

 pelago, China, Japan, Hawaii, New Caledonia. 



27. Brachypdta atenima, Forst. 



Pusa. — Found from February to April, in each year, in the 

 ripening crops. Appears to be a cold weather species, active only 

 then. 



The Fauna records Hardwar and Bombay; common in the 

 Palaearctic Region, abundant in North Africa, Queensland. I 

 should class this with the "cold weather species" of Pala?arctic 

 origin, which have wandered in and are active only in our cold 

 weather and just after. More of this class follow. 



28. Chilocoris nitidus, Mayr. 



Pusa. i7-vii-o8. 



The Fauna records Kashmir and Japan. 



This sub-family is very little represented in Himalayan sub- 

 tropical localities, so far as the records show. Our fauna is largely 

 Malayan and tropical, with one marked Pala?arctic immigrant. 



