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PEXTATOMID.E. 



legs, rostrum, antennae, and lateral margins of abdomen arranged 

 in a double row of small irregular spots, ochraceous ; apical joint 

 of antennae piceoiis. 



Length 4 to 5 ; max. breadth 4 millim. 



Hah. Cejlon (Leivis). Andaman Islands ; Port Blair (Meldola). — 

 Also generally distributed throughout the Malayan Archipelago. 



B. Lateral margins of abdomen ivith raij-lilce fascice. 

 a. Head distinctly spotted or niarJred with ochraceous. 



9. Brachyplatys vahlii, Fabr. (Cimex) Mant. ii, p. 283. 32 (1787); 



Cog. (Cimex) ///. ii, p. 79, t. 18, f. 14 (1801); Fabr. (Tetyra) 

 Si/st. Hhynq. p. 142. 059 (1833) ; Germ. (Thyreocoris) var. Zeifschr. 

 i, p. .33. 23' (1839) ; Anuj. Sf Serv. (Plataspis) Hem. p. 64. 2 (1843); 

 Stal,F?i. Hem. v, p. 7 (1876). 

 Bracliyplatvs continua & frontalis, Wlk. Cat. Het. i, pp. 104, 106 

 (1867). " 



Black, shining ; eyes and two transverse lines (sometimes much 

 broken) on the head, the sublateral margins of the pronotum, and 

 an oblique sublateral fascia connected with the subanterior margin, 

 lateral and posterior margin of seutellum, ochraceous ; some spe- 

 cimens have two small ochraceous spots on the disk of the pronotum, 

 and two similar spots at the base of the seutellum. Head and 

 sternum beneath opaque black : abdomen beneath shining black ; 

 central area of head beneath, legs, lateral margins of abdomen and. 

 broad ray-like fasciae on each abdominal segment ochraceous, these 

 fasciae contain a short central black line, and there is also a lateral 

 submarginal series of small black spots ; antennae piceous, with 

 their bases ochraceous. 



Length 7 to 8 ; max. breadth 6 millim. 



Hob. Sikhim {Anderso7i); 'NorthKhasi Hills (Chennell); Bombay 

 (Coll. Dist.). Burma (Brit. Mus.). — Also found in the Malay 

 Peninsula, and generally throughout the Malayan Archipelago. 



10. Brachyplatys radians, 7 o//. Fann. Ind. Neerl. i, p. o'i. 2, pi. iv, 



f. 7 (1863). 

 ^^ar. Brachyplatys vahlii, Voll. (nee Fabr.) he. cit. p. 52. 1. 



Closely allied to the preceding species (B. vahlii, Pabz\), but 

 differing principally by the shape and length of the ray-like 

 ochraceous fasciae to the abdomen beneath, which are shorter, 

 narrower, much more acute, and do not contain the central black 

 line. 



Length 6 to 7 ; max. breadth 5 millim. 



Hab. Andaman Islands. — This species is probably found through- 

 out the Malayan Archipelago ; it has been received from Celebes 

 and the Philippines. 



