NINUS. 15 



Subfamily CYMIN^E. (Vol. II, p. 19.) 



Genus NINUS. (Vol. II, p. 19.) 

 Cymoninus, Bredd. Deutsch. ent. Zeitschr. 1907, p. 38. 



2785. Ninus singalensis, Bredd. Deutsch. ent. Zeitschr. 1907, p. 39. 



? Ninus iusignis, St&l, Freg. Eug. Resa, Hem. p. 253. t. iii, f. 5 

 (1859). 



" Upperside pale rusty-yellowish, central line on front, three 

 large rhomboidal longitudinal spots (which touch one another) on 

 front half of pronotum, a spot in middle of hind margin, as well 

 as the scutellum, with mouldy-white tomentum ; tegmma slightly 

 yellowish hyaline, the veins on membranal suture, on the terminal 

 border and scutal border yellowish ; hinder angles of clavus, the 

 outer quarter of membraual division, and a streak on costa behind 

 middle pitchy black ; a dash which runs from the last streak 

 towards the base of inner membranal vein, yellowish ; impressed 

 punctures within this dash as well as an accompanying series of 

 very fine punctures along the membranal suture, blackish ; mem- 

 brane hyaline, two short streaks in basal half towards the costal 

 margin pitchy black, the base of two longitudinal veins as well as a 

 suffused narrow straight longitudinal dash more distinct behind 

 smoky grey ; eyes distinctly stalked, projecting obliquely in front 

 and outwardly ; head and eyes as broad as pronotum between the 

 shoulders ; costal borders of tegmina parallel in their basal fifth, 

 outwardly with a long and thick white fringe, then rather strongly 

 widened and distinctly rounded. 



"Very similar to, and perhaps identical with, N. insignis, 

 according to Still's figure and description." (Breddin.) 



" Length 4 ; exclud. membrane 3| milliin." 



Sab. Ceylon; Weligama (fide Breddin). 



I have not seen this species. Stal's N. insignis which Breddin 

 thinks is possibly the same as the species he describes as new, was 

 from the island of Guam. 



2786. Ninus SUbunicolor, Bredd. (Cymoninus), Deutsch. ent. Zeitschr. 

 1907, p. 39. 



" Rusty-yellow ; abdomen beneath pale rusty brown ; sternum 

 suffused pitchy brown ; head, pronotum and scutellum with fine 

 greyish white tomentum ; two longitudinal stripes to pronotum 

 and its outer margin pale rusty yellow ; the hyaline membrane 

 with a smoky grey longitudinal dash at tip, directed towards inner 

 basal angle ; head with eyes rather narrower than pronotum 

 between the shoulders, the ocelli less remote from each other than 

 from eyes ; pronotum before the shoulders with straight sides, 



