NINUS. 19 



commences about one-third from base, where it is thickest, some- 

 what tuberculous, and generally black. 



Length 3 millim. 



Hah. Bor Ghat {Dixon). 



Species 0/ Lygseinae recorded from India hut not included 

 in this volume. 



Lygcms tristriatus, Herr.-Sch. Wanz. ix, p. 196 (1853). 



Lethierry and Severin in their Catalogue (t. ii, p. 157) refer 

 to this species under the name L. tristrirtus, and give the habitat 

 as " India." Herrich-Schaffer, however, gave no locality, though 

 Stal (En. Hem. iv, p. 118) also records it among his doubtful 

 species as from " India orientalis." The short description without 

 dimensions renders this diagnosis of no specific value. 



Li/gwus pcdlipes, Wolff, Icon, iv, p. 147, fig. 141 (1804). 

 A small species of which the habitat " India orientalis " is given, 

 but of which, like previous writers, I have no knowledge. 



Nysius suhclnctus, Walk. Gat. Het. v, p. 70 (1872). 



Waliver gave Ceylon as the locality for this species, but the 

 type is no longer to be found in the British Museum, and under 

 these circumstances the descriptions of this writer are ignored. 



Fysius pcdlipennis, "Walk. Gat. Het. v, p. 71 (1872). 



The same remarks apply to this as to the preceding species. 



Subfamily II. CYMIN.^. 



This subfamily is to be primarily differentiated from the 

 Lygoeinae by the character of the distinctly punctured hemelytra. 



The subfamily Cyminse embraces only a small number of genera 

 and species, but we probablj^ know but little of its true extent ; 

 the insects are small and are usually only obtained by sweeping 

 herbage, a process hitherto little followed by tropical collectors. 



Synopjsis of Genera. 



A. Claval suture not distinctly longer than scutellum ; 



antennte more than half the length of body .... Ninus, p. 19. 



B. Claval suture longer than scutellum ; antennae not 



half the length of body Cymus, p. 21. 



Genus NINUS. 



Ninus, Stal, Frey. Bug. Rem, Ins. Hem. p. 252 (1859) ; Dist. Biol. 

 Ce7itr.-Amer., Rhynch. vol. i, p. 191 (1882). 



Type, N. insignis, Stal, from the Island of Guam. 

 Distribution. Neotropical and Oriental Eegions ; also recorded 

 from Guam and the Seychelles. 



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