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Antestia cruciata Fabr. 
1775. Cimex cruciatus Fabr. Syst. Ent., 714. 
1794. C. cruciatus Fabr. Ent. Syst, IV, 119. 
1840. C. cruciatus H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins., V, 63, f. 506. 
1843. Pentatoma cruciata Am. et Serv. Hist, Nat. Hém., 132. 
1863. Strachia geometrica Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, 
XXXVI, II, 75. 
1876. Antestia cruciata Stàl. Enum. Hem., V, 96. 
1902. A. cruciata Dist. Rhynch. Brit. Ind., I, 185. 
The above synonymy was established by Lethierry and Se- 
verin in their ,Catalogue*, and is correct. Motschulsky says 
that his species differs from that of Fabricius ,abdomine fere im- 
maculato*, ‘but in one of his five type-specimens (from Ceylon) the 
usual ventral spots are present. 
Note. — In my supplement to Lethierry and Severin’. 
Catalogue of the Pentatomidae I have united the genus Ofantesti. 
Bredd. with Antestia Stál, but it is a perfectly valid genus, distin- 
guished by the quite differently constructed metasternal orificia. 
Cymus basicornis Motsch. 
1863. Cymus basicornis Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, XXXVI, II, 90. 
1874. C. tabidus Stal. Enum. Hem., IV, 126. 
From Motschulsky's description and type it is clear that 
this species is a true Cyrus, and although the type (from Colombo, 
Ceylon) is mutilated, there can be no doubt that it belongs to the 
species later described by Stal. The species has been found in Ceylon 
also by Dr. Horn. Distant (Rynch. Brit. Ind., il, p. 21) gives 
„first joint of antennae not reaching apex of head“ as a generic cha- 
racter of Cymus, and he wrongly figures it so in С. tabidus. This is, 
however, only a specific character, and in C. tabidus the first antennal 
joint very distinctly passes the apex of the head, as correctly stated 
by Stal. Motschulsky says that the second antennal joint is 
almost twice the length of the first, but in his as well as in Stal’s 
iype it is only one half longer than it. C. basicornis is a common 
species distributed from Western Africa through tropical Asia and the 
Malayan archipelago to Queensland. I have seen many specimens of it. 
Macropes spinimanus Motsch. 
1859. Macropes spinimanus Motsch. Etud. Ent, VIII, 108. 
1868. M. spinimanus Motsch. Bull Soc. Nat. Moscou, XXXVI, 
Il, 82, tab, If, f. 19. 
1908. М. spinimanus Dist. Rhynch. Brit. Ind., II, 24. 
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