GRAPTOSXETHUS. 



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whole central area of head, a small spot at inner margin of eyes, 

 a transverse anterior fascia and two angulated subbasal fasciae 



(sometimes connected) to pronotum, 

 scntelluin, a large oblique subclaval 

 spot and a smaller marginal spot 

 (sometimes fused) to corium, mem- 

 brane, a large irregular spot on the 

 lateral area of each sternal segment, 

 abdomen (excluding margins), legs, 

 antennae, and rostrum black ; basal 

 spot and apical margin to membrane 

 greyish. Eostrum about reaching 

 the posterior coxae. 



Var. The angles detached from 



the two subbasal fascise to the pro- 



„ ^ , ,, notum, thus forming two small 



^ rounded spots situate between the 



anterior and posterior transverse fasciae ; the apical margin of the 



corium is often pale ochraceous. 



Length 8 to 9 millim. 



Hab. Xorth Khasi Hills {Chennell) ; Bombay (LeitJi) ; Bor 

 Ghat {Dixon) ; Calcutta {Atkinson) ; Bangalore ( Cameron) ; Nil- 

 giri Hills {Hamjison); Trivandrum ; Ceylon {Green). Burma; 

 Bhamo, Kareunee, Teinzo {Feci). — Distributed throughout the 

 Malayan Archipelago to Australasia ; recorded from China ; found 

 in the South Pala^arctic Kegion ; common in South Africa. 



Fig. 4. 



698. Graptostethus argentatns, Fabr. (Lvgagus) Syst. Rhyng. p. 228 



( 1803) ; Dcdl. List Hem. ii, p. 545 (1852) ; Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. 

 p. 74 (1868). 



Head, pronotum, and sternum pale purplish-red ; antennae, 

 rostrum, eyes, a small spot near each of the ocelli at base of head, 

 two small spots near anterior margin and two much larger spots 

 near posterior margin of prouotum, and a spot on the lateral areas 

 of each sternal segment black ; scutellum, corium, abdomen 

 beneath, and legs pale brownish-piceous ; lateral margins and 

 apex of scutellum, and bases of lateral margins of corium, pale 

 purplish-red ; membrane glossy black, its apical margin, small 

 spots at base and sides, aud apical margins of corium greyish- 

 white ; rostrum reachiug posterior coxae. 



Length 7 to 7| millim. 



Hah. Bengal (Stoclhohn Mus.) ; Bombay {Leith) ; Nilgiri Hills 

 {Hamjjson) ; Ceylon {Green 4' Lewis). Burma; Karennee (Fea). 



699. Graptostethus quadratomaculatus, Kirby (Lygajus), J. Linn. 



Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 98 (1891) ; Bist. A. M. N. H. (7) vii, p. 537 

 (1901). 



Allied to the preceding species {G. argentatus), but differing in 



