DINDTMUS. 



Ill 



black punctures, posterior pronotal area sparingly punctate ; 

 corium finely and thickly punctate. 



Var. a. Disk of posterior 

 area of pronotum ochra- 

 ceous. 



Var. h. Membrane uni- 

 colorous, ochraceous, un- 

 spotted. 



Var. ('. Antennae \\holly 

 black, excepting base of 

 first joint. 



Var. d. Resembling var. h, 

 but with the abdomen be- 

 neath stramineous, its apex 

 sanguineous. 



Var. e. Apices of the 

 femora and bases of the 

 tibiae more or less san- 

 guineous. 



Length 15 to 19; breadth 

 between pronotal angles 5 to 6| millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Naga and Khasi Hills (Chennell). Burma ; 

 Karennee (Fea). — Also received from West Yunnan (Dr. 

 Anderson). 



Bindijinvs lanms. 



B. Pronotum and liemehjtra elongate, not prominently ampliated. 



a. Sternum with tJie j^osferior segmental margins creamy-ivhite. 



864. Dindymus rubiginosus, Fabr. (Cimex) Ma^it. Ins. ii, p. .301 

 (1787); Burm. (Pyrrhocoris) Handb. ii, 1, p. 284 (1835); 8tM, 

 Berl. ent. Zeitschr. vii, p. 399 (1863). 

 Dysdercus hypogastricus, Herr.-Sch. Wanz. ix, p. 177, f. 979 



(185.3). 

 Var. geniculatus, Bredd. Abh. Ges. Halle, xxiv, p. 82 (1901). 



Reddish -ochraceous or pale sanguineous ; antennfe, rostrum, 

 basal angle and large central spot to membrane, sternum, basal 

 area of abdomen, and the legs black ; the posterior margins of the 

 three sternal segments bi-oadly creamy-white ; base of first joint 

 of antennae and basal joint of rostrum, excluding apex, pale 

 sanguineous ; basal margin of pronotum and the membrane pale 

 dull ochraceous : the basal black area to the abdomen is variable 

 in size ; the abdomen beneath also varies in hue from pale san- 

 guineous to stramineous, and in one specimen the abdominal 

 incisures are black. 



Length 10,| to 16; breadth between pronotal angles 3 to 

 5 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; North Khasi Hills (Chennell), Njxga Hills 

 {Butler), Margherita (Dohertg), Sadiya. Malabar. Burma ; 

 Palon, Karennee, Malewoon (Fea). Tenasserim ; Thagata (Fea). 



