SEEINETHA. 



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Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Eegions. 



Third joint o£ the rostrum as long as the fourth or longer ; first 

 joint of the antennae a little shorter than the head ; ocelli slightly 

 nearer to the eyes than to each other ; a very distinct nodule be- 

 hind eyes ; pronotum with a distinct anterior collar, its lateral 

 margins ampliated and more or less convex, angularly emarginate 

 before the outer angles of the anterior collar, its posterior margin 

 subtruncate : corium with the lateral margins distinctly reflexed 

 except on apical area ; membrane with numerous prominent longi- 

 tudinal veins ; hemelytra broader and longer than the abdomen ; 

 legs moderately long and slender, posterior legs with the tibiae 

 longer than the femora. 



680. Serinetha abdominalis, Fabr. (Lygajus) Syst. Rhynq. p. 226 



(1803) ; Burm. (Leptocoris) Handh. ii, p. 305 (183.5) ; Blanch. 

 (Lygoeomorphus) Hist, des his. iii, p. 116 (1840) ; Westiv. (Pyrrhotes) 

 in Hope, Cat. ii, p. 26 (1842) ; Stc%l, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 08 (1868). 



Lygseus augur, Fabr. (part.) Ejit. Syst. iv, p. 161. 88 (1794). 



Leptocoris rufus, Halm, Wanz. Ins. i, p. 201, f. 102 (1831). 



Serinetha taprobanensis, Dall. List Hem. ii, p. 461 (1852). 



Leptocoris bahram, Kirlcaldy, Bull. Liverpool Mns. ii, p. 46 (1899). 



Sanguineous, in the variety taprobanensis ochraceous ; antenna;, 



legs, membrane, disks of 

 sternum and abdomen be- 

 neath piceous, the piceous 

 area beneath less intense 

 and greyishly pilose ; head 

 rugosely excavated ; pro- 

 notum thickly and some- 

 what coarsely punctate, the 

 lateral margins hirsute ; 

 legs longly pilose. 



Length 16 to 20 raillim. 

 Hab. Bombay (Brit. 

 Mas.'). Calcutta {Inch 

 Mus.). Assam. Ceylon 

 {Green Sf Leiuis). Upper 

 Tenasserim {Coll. Dist.). — Island of Socotra. The pale form tapro- 

 banensis, Dall., is apparently dominant in Ceylon; it is, however, 

 not infrequent at Calcutta, and is the Socotran form recently re- 

 described by Kirkaldy. 



681. Serinetha rufomarginata. Fair. (Lygseus) Ent. Syst. iv, p. 152. 



56 (1794) ; Dall. List Hem. ii, p. 460 (1852) ; Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, 

 p. 68 (1868). 



Piceous ; head, lateral areas of pronotum, lateral margins of 

 corium, both above and beneath, lateral margins of sternum and 

 abdomen and apex of abdomen sanguineous ; the black coloration 

 beneath greyishly pilose ; pronotum obsoletely centrally carinate ; 

 apical joint of antennae somewhat greyishly pilose ; head with a 

 very distinct incision in front of and between the ocelli. 



Fig. 2'iQ.— Serinetha ahdominalis. 



