DYSDERCUS. 



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lateral margins to pronotum, and body beneath sanguineous ; 

 antennae, apex of rostrum, scutellum (sometimes concolorous), 

 a diseal spot to corium, membrane and legs black ; anterior 

 collar to pronotum, anterior margin to prosternum, posterior 



Fig. 87. — Dijsdercus cingulatus. 



margins of sternal and abdominal segments, and spots near 

 coxae creamy-white ; extreme base of first joint of antenna) 

 sanguineous. 



Var. a. Anterior pronotal callosity black, not sanguineous. 



In both forms the colour above also varies from ochraceous to 

 stramineous, and beneath from sanguineous to dark purplish. 



Length 9 to 16 millim 



Hab. Sikhim. Assam ; North Khasi and Giiro Hills (Chennell). 

 Karachi. Calcutta. Bangalore {Cameron). Ceylon {Green Sf 

 Leivis). Nicobar Islands ; Kamorta {Meldola). Burma ; Minhla 

 {Comotto), Bhamo, Metaja {Feci). Teuasserim ; Houngdarau 

 valley {Fea), Tavoy. — Disti'ibuted throughout the Malay Penin- 

 sula and Malayan Archipelago ; Queensland. 



Known as jhanga in Cawnpore. Has attacked cotton {Gossy- 

 pium herbaceum) in Seringapatam ; bottle-gourds {Lagenaria 

 vulgaris) in Cawnpore; and musk-mallow {Hibiscus Abelmoschus) 

 and cabbages {Brassica oleracea) in Cossipore (Ind. Mus. Notes, ii, 

 p. 106). 



880. Dysdercus olivaceus, Fabr. (Lygaius) Ent. Si/st. Suppl. p. 540 

 (1798) ; Stal, Hem. Fabr. \, p. 84 (1868). 



Croceous ; anterior callosity to pronotum, sternum, abdomen, 

 rostrum and legs reddish-ochraceous or pale sanguineous ; an- 

 tennae and tarsi black ; first joint of antennae with its base 

 testaceous ; membrane fuscous ; anterior and posterior margins of 

 prosternum, posterior margins of meso- and metasterna, and 

 posterior areas of the ventral segments yellowish-white ; basal 



