92 rENTATOMID.i:. 



102. Cydnus nigroaeneus, JJ'alk. (^-Etlms) Caf.. Het. i, ix l'->S. 71 



(1867). 

 Cvdiuis eevlonicus, Let/i. S,- Scv. (part.) Cat. Gen. Henu t. i, p. 65 

 (1893). 



Black, shilling. " Head largely piinctureil towards the border, 

 about one-third of the breadth of the thorax ; eyes red ; rostrum 

 piceous ; antennae piceous, one-third of the length of the body, 

 joints successively increasing in length ; thorax thickly punctured 

 behind two slight transverse fnrrows,of which one is near the free 

 border and the other in the middle. .Scutelhun rather thickly 

 punctured ; legs rather long and slender ; i'emora slightly setose ; 

 tibiae with rather slender spines ; fore wings (corium) minutely 

 punctured, with two striae near the costa and with three near the 

 hind border ; membrane cinereous." {WaR-er.) 



Length 10 niillim. 



Hah. Ceylon (Cnmminr/ tj- Green). 



163. Cydnus borrei, Si//n. (.^^Ithus) Ann. Soc E7it. Fr. (6) ii, p. ■•12, 



t. 2, f. 73 (1882) ; Lflfh. S>- Sev. Cat. Gen. Hem. i, p. 65 (1893). 



Differing from C. incUcus, Westw., by its much broader and 

 almost smooth head, and by the median lobe being very narrow 

 anteriorly and as long as the lateral lobes, which almost enclose it. 



Length 7 millim. 



Hab. 8ylhet. 



I(i4. Cydnus varians, Fabr. Syst. W>yng. p. 187 (1803); Si(/n. Ann. 

 ^oc. Eat. Fr. (6) ii, p. 155, t. 6, f. 92 (1882) ; Stdl (^Ethus), 

 Hem. Fabr. i, p. 6 (1868). 

 -Ethus cyrtomenoides, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi, p. 400 (I860). 



This species is described by 8tfd, who examined the types of 

 Fabricius, as in form allied to C. inJicus, Westw., from which it 

 differs by its smaller size, its more obtuse head, which anteriorly 

 is very remotely and obsoletely punctate, median lobe slightly 

 narrowed forvvardly, antennae much shorter, ocelli situate nearer 

 to the eyes, pronotum more narrowed anteriorly, punctuation on 

 pronotum, scutellum, and corium finer, anterior tibiae with fewer 

 spines but apparently longer, and the abdomen remotely, obso- 

 letely finely punctate. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hab. Bengal. Bombay (LeitJi). Ceylon. Burma; Mandalay, 

 Teuasserim. 



16"). Cydnus maurus, Ball. (.Ethus) Li'.sf Hem. i, p. 118 (1851); 

 Leth. Sf- Seo. Cat. Gen. Hem. i, p. 67 (1893). 



Black, somewhat shining, very thickly and finely punctured. 

 Head as long as broad, with the anterior margin semicircular, very 

 faintly notched at the tip, lateral lobes not passing the central. 

 Ocelli not very large, red. Thorax w ith a faint punctured trans- 



