2oo 



Distribution. ludia, throughout the Malayan Archipelago, and 

 Japan . 



Posterior pronotal angles obtuse, not splnously produced ; 

 abdominal spine obtuse, short ; femora and tibiae unarojed ; last 

 joint of rostrum very short ; second joint of antennae more than 

 twice as long as third. 



402. Asopus malabaricus, Fahv. (Cimex) Syst. Ent. p. 71.S (ITTo); 



id. (Lyg;ieus) Ent. Sijst. iv, p. 151 (1794); Stdl, En. Hfm.x, 



pp. oG & i>30 (1870). 

 Cimex mactans, i^ff^r. »S);«'. /?(s. ii, p. 3(i6(17Sl); Hull. (Asopus) 



List Hem. i, p. 107 (l^ol); Voll. (Asopus) Faun. Ind. Xcprl. iii, 



p. 12 (1868). 

 Cimex oculatns, Fabr. Ent. Si/sl. Suppl. p. 53-5 (1798). 

 Lyg-seus argils, Fnbr. Si/st. Jihi/nr/. p. 217 (1803): Burm. (Asopus) 



Nova Acta Acad. Leap, xvi, >Siippl. p. 1^93, t. 41, f. 6 (1834). 

 Amyotea dvstercoides & uigripes, Elhrnr. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. 



Ind. xxiv,'p. 137, ff. i^ 3, k p. 138, ff. 4, o (1862). ' 



Pale reddish ; antennae, eyes, basal spot to head, two (sometimes 



tlu'ee) spots to pi'onotum, a large 

 spot near each basal angle of 

 scutellum, and membrane black : 

 body beneath luteous; head be- 

 neath, lateral margins of ster- 

 num and abdomen, rostrum, 

 coxae, and femora pale reddish ; 

 tibiae, tarsi, and anterior margins 

 of sternal and abdominal seg- 

 ments black or bluish-black : 

 body above thickly and very 

 finely punctate. 



r^. ,p.T , 11 ■ Length 12 to 14 millim. 



t]g. Ib2. — Asopus iHttUthartcus. ir i -o i /-. i , . 



^ ^ ffoh. Bengal ; Calcntta ; 



Bombay (Z<??77t); Bangalore (Crt»«'ro>0. Assam. Burma; Bhamo, 

 Palon (Feci). — Also recorded from Java. Borneo, Sumatra, and 

 Philippines. 



Genus ZICRONA. 

 Zicrona, Amy. S^- Sew. Hem. p. 86 (1843) ; Ball. List Hem. i, p. 77 

 (1851) ; Stal, Ofc. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1867, p. 499. 



Type, Z. ccvridea, Linn. 



Distribution. Paltearctic and Oriental Ilegions. 



Body shining; second joint of antennae longer than the third ; 

 rostrum with the second joint longest, but shorter than the two 

 apical joints taken together ; lateral lobes of the head not or very 

 slightly longer than the central lobe : pronotum with the lateral 

 margins entire or very obsoletely eroded : frena not extended 

 beyond the middle of the scutellum ; abdomen unarmed at base ; 

 anterior tibiae not dilated. 



403. Zicrona caerulea, Linn. (Cimex) Syst. Nat. ed. x, i, p. 445 (1758) ; 

 Hakn (Peiitatoma), Watiz. Ins. ii, p. 65, f. 164 (1834) ; Burni. 

 (Asopus) Handb. Ent. ii, p, 378 (1835) ; Blanch. (Stiretrus) Hisf. 



