BAGKADA. 



193 



Fig. 115. — Stenozygum spccio.mm. 



o\Q. Stenozygum speciosum, Dall. (Strachia) List Hem. i, p. 261 



(ISol) : StM, En. Hem. v, p. 86 (1872^ <o 

 Strachia inornata, Walk. Cat. Het. ii, p. 331. 60 (1867). 



Black, shining; head wifch three central luteous spots ; prouotuiu 



with the lateral margins, a 

 central fascia with a small 

 spot on each side, two small 

 spots on anterior margin, and 

 a spot behhid each lateral angle 

 luteous ; scutellum with a cen- 

 tral fascia, an elongate spot 

 near each basal angle, and a 

 subapical triangular patch 

 (marked with reddish) luteous; 

 corium with costal streaks, a 

 subapical transverse fascia, a 

 discal spot and anterior lateral 

 margin luteous, the transverse 

 fascia contains a reddish spot ; 

 connexivum black, spotted with ochraceous : body beneath and legs 

 luteous ; a double series of spots to sternum and abdomen, a 

 marginal series of narrow spots to abdomen, apices of femora, 

 bases of tibiae, tarsi, antennae, and rostrum black. 

 Length 7 to 9 millim. 



Hah. Sind {Coll. Dist.). Bombay {Lcltli). Ceylon {Green). 

 Burma ; Minhla {Comotto). 



Genus BAGRADA. 



Bagrada, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii, p. 105 (1862) ; id. Of v. Vet- 



Ak. Fork. 1872, 3, p. 39. 

 Nitilia, 3Iuls. S,- Bet/, Pirn. France, Pent. p. 197 (1866). 



Type, B. jncta, Fabr. 



Distribution. Palsearctic, Ethiopian, and Oriental Eegions. 



Body subovate ; head triangular, lateral lobes a little longer than 

 the central, converging forwards and separated between their 

 apices ; margins reflexed ; eyes moderately stylate ; basal joint of 

 antennae not reaching apex of head ; pronotum obscurely sex- 

 angular, anterior margin somewhat truncate, not distinctly elevated 

 and callous ; mesosternum carinate ; abdomen unarmed. 



317. Bagrada picta, Fabr. (Cimex) Si/st. Ent. p. 715 (1775); Ball. 

 (Strachia) List Hem. i, p. 259 (1851) ; Ivirbii (Strachia),. / Linn 

 Sac, Zool. xxiv, p. 85 (1891); Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii, p. 105 



(1862). 



Black ; lateral lobes of head from before eyes, anterior and 

 lateral margins and a central fascia to pronotum, a central fascia, 

 a spot near each basal angle and a spot on each margin before 

 apex of scutellum, a marginal fascia to corium becoming sub- 

 marginal a little beyond base and terminating in a rounded discal 



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