BBACHYPLATYS. 1 1 



11. Brachyplatys subaeneus, Westw. (Pktaspis) in Hope Cat. Hem. 



i, p. 17 (1837) ; Dall. List Hem. \, p. 70. 9 (1851) ; Dist. A. M. N. H. 



(7) iv, p. 213 (1899). 

 Thyreocoris septus, Germ. Zeitscfir. i, p. 32. 19 (1839). 

 Brachyplatys bistriga, cambodica, cognata, adjuncta, & contigua, 



Walk. Cat. Het. i, pp. 100-103 (1867). 



Closely allied to the preceding species {B. radians, Voll.), but 

 differing in having the ray-like fasciae to the lateral margins of the 

 abdomen beaneath very short and conical. 



Length 6 to 7 : max. breadth 5 to 5^ millim. 



Hab. North Bengal and Calcutta (5>-ir. Mas.). Sikhim; Mungphu 

 {Atkinson). Mysore; Bangalore. Ceylon (Green). Andaman 

 Islands (Coll. Dist.). Burma ; Bhamo, Teinzo, Metanja (Fea). 

 Tenasserim ; Meetau (Doherti/). — Also recorded from Malacca, 

 Siam, Cambodia, Cochin China, Annam, Tonkiu, Formosa, China, 

 aud several islands of the Malayan Archipelago. 



12. Brachyplatys punctipes, Montand. Ann. Mas. Cio. Gen. xxxiv, 

 p. 122 (1894). 



Above shining olivaceous-black, thickly and finely punctate ; 

 head with six small ochraceous spots, two on disk and two before 

 each eye ; pronotum with the sublateral margins and an oblique 

 line on each submarginal area uniting with the subanterior margin 

 ochraceous ; scutellum with the lateral and posterior margins 

 narrowly ochraceous, and with four small ochraceous spots at 

 base (two on each side) ; base of corium with the sublateral 

 margin also ochraceous. Head beneath and sternum piceous, 

 opaque ; abdomen shining olivaceous-black ; lateral margins of the 

 abdomen and a series of long ray-like fasciae directed inwardly 

 ochraceous ; the rays are divided or semidivided by a median black 

 line, and the lateral margin possesses a series of small black spots ; 

 legs and rostrum ochraceous, the femora distinctly spotted with 

 brownish; antennae piceous, the bases and apices of the apical joints 

 very narrowly ochraceous. 



Length 7 to 9 ; max. breadth 5 to 7 millim. 



Hah. Punjab {Brit. Mus.). Trichinopoly {Brit. Mas.). Burma ; 

 Ivai'ennee (Fea). — Also China. 



13. Brachyplatys carolinse, Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 341 (188S) ; Dist. 

 A. M. N. H (7) iv, p. 214 (1899). 

 Brachyplatys silphoides, Dall. {nee Fahr.) List Hem. i, p. 71. 13 

 (1851) ; Wlk. Cat. Het. i, p. 100. 9 (1867). 



Somewhat closely allied to B. punctipes, Montand. Head with 

 six small ochraceous spots, but arranged in conical series, the two 

 basal spots on each side perpendicular to each other, not paralbl 



