414 



COREID.i;. 



672. Eiptortus pedestris, Fahr. (Genis) Sijst. Ent. p. 727 (1775) r. 

 Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 64 (1868). 

 Cimex pedes, Gmel. 8yd. Nat. \, iv, p. 2191 (1788). 



Dark brownish ochraceoiis, finely and obscurely ocliraceously 

 pilose ; posterior margin of the pronotum and a lateral fascia 

 on each side of head, not extending beyond base of antennae, 

 dark castaneous ; sternum somewhat reddish-ochraceous, with 

 prominent pale Isevigate ochraceous spots placed near the coxae; 

 abdomen beneath and legs ochraceous, the first mottled with 

 fuscous : abdomen above olivaceous, largely bimaculated with 

 ochraceous ; coanexivum ochraceous, with large fuscous spots ; 

 posterior femora thickly mottled with reddish-brown ; posterior 

 tibiae with the bases and apices reddish-brown ; lateral pronotal 

 spines black. 



Fig. 244. — Eiptortus loedesfris. 



Length 15 to 18 ; breadth between pronotal angles 3 to 4 

 millim. 



Hah. Bombay (LeitJi). Bangalore {Cameron). Ceylon {Lewis). 

 Khiisi Hills {ChenneU). Burma; Arrakan {Coll. Dist.), Karennee 

 {Fea). — Also received from the Malay Peninsula. 



G73. Eiptortus fuscus, Fahr. (Lygaeus) E/d. Si/st. Suppl. p. 539 

 (1798) ; Stal, Hem. Fahr. i, p." 64 (1868). 

 Alydus ventralis, Westiv. in Hope Cat. ii, p. 20 (1842). 

 Alydus major, Dolirn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi, p. 402 (1860). 



Closely allied to the preceding species {R. jicdestrls), and 

 principally differing from it by the partial or total absence of the 

 pale laevigate sternal spots, which even when present are small and 

 usually obliterated on the metasternum. 



Length 13 to 17 ; breadth between pronotal angles 3 to 4 

 millim. 



Hah. Bengal {Stocl-holm 3his.). Bombay {Leitli). Bangalore 



