CYDNUS. 



91 



.Ethus perosus, StSl, Of v. Tet.-Ak. JbWi. 1853, p. 214. i>. 



-Ethus impressicollis, Si(in. Ann. 8oc. Ent. Fr. (3) viii, p. 923 



(1860). 

 .Etlnis ferus, Walk. Cat. Hct. i, p. 1()3. 91 (1867). 



Oval or ovate, black-piceous ; head somewhat obtusely rountled, 



somewhat coarsely punc- 

 tate, the base and central 

 lobe almost levigate, lateral 

 margins reflexed, remotely 

 pilose ; antennse brownish, 

 last three joints a little 

 incrassated, second a little 

 shorter than the third ; 

 pronotum convex in the c? , 

 with a transverse impres- 

 sion before the middle, 

 distinctly and some\^hat 

 densely punctate, the base 

 and transverse space be- 

 fore the middle levigate, 

 lateral margins pilose ; scutellum somewhat coarsely punctate, the 

 apex and basal angles more or less impunctate ; coriura finely and 

 thickly punctate ; membrane pale fuliginous. 

 Length 5| to 7 millim. 



Hah. Bombay (Leith). Burma; Teinzo (Fm). — Widely dis- 

 tributed, being found throughout Southern Africa and Madagascar ; 

 also generally in the Malay Archipelago and Australia. 



CydnuH 



101. Cydnus ceylonicus, Mayr, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xvi, p. 362 

 (1866) ; id. Reise Nov. Hem. p. 9 (1866) ; Sign. (.Ethtis) Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. Fr. (G) ii, p. 30, pi. i, f. 71 (1882) ,• Leth. 4- Sec (part.) 

 Cat. Gen. Hem. i, p. 65 (1893). 



Black, shining ; rostrum and antennae brownish, apical joint 

 of antennae brownish-ochraceous ; posterior margin of the pro- 

 notum and the corium brownish-ochraceous ; clavus and poste- 

 rior claval margin dark castaneous ; membrane pale hyaline, the 

 veins slightly infuscated ; central lobe of the head as long as the 

 lateral lobes ; second joint of the antennfe a little longer than 

 the third. 



As Signoret remarks, this species might be easily confounded 

 ^A"ith Macroscytus hadius or M. snbaeneus, Dall., but can be dis- 

 tinguished by its greater convexity, by the absence of spines to 

 the posterior femora, and by the structure of the odoriferous 

 aperture. 



Length 6 to 65 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Elephant Pass (£". E. Green). — Also recorded 

 from Java. 



