6 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



not perfectly subquadrate, but disjointed. I have, however, thought it best to describe the 

 specimen submitted to Dr. Eeuter and returned as above. 



11. EUBYDEMA FESTIVA, Lin. 



Cimex festiva, Lin., Syst. Nat., 723, 57. Sir ac km f estiva, Hahn, Wanz. Ins., fig. 93. Eurydema 

 ornata, Sahib., Mon. Geoc. Fenn., 24, 1. 



nab. Yangihissar, April 1874. Kugiar, May to June 1874. Sind Valley, August 1873. 

 A common Palaearctic form. Madeira (Wollaston) ; N. W. Siberia (Sahlberg) ; Astracan 

 (Jacovlev); Algeria (Lucas). 



lla. E. FESTIVA, var. HEBBACEA, H. Sch. 



Eurydema herlaceum, H. Sch., Cent. Panz. F. G., 115, 12, and Norn. Ent., 1, 55, and 91 (1835). 

 Hahn, Wanz. 3, F. 239 (1835). 



Sab. Sind Valley, August 1873. 



12. BAGBADA PICTA, Fab. 



Cimexpictm, Fab., S. Ent., p. 715, 93 (1775), Spec. 2, p. 359, 127 (1781). Wolff, Ic., 1, p. 17, F. 17 

 (\%W}.Strachiapicta, Dall., List. 1, p. 259, 5 (.1851). Stal, Enumerat. Hemip., pt. 5, p. 88. 



Sab. Murree. 



This species, with few exceptions, has hitherto been only received from Bengal. 

 Bombay (Coll. Dist.); Bagdad (Coll. Brit. Mus). 



13. MENIDA DISTINCTA. Fig. 3. 

 Menida distincta, Dist., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 122. 



Luteous, covered with strong greenish-black punctures. Head luteous, with the lateral 

 margins and four longitudinal furrowed punctured lines greenish-black. These lines are 

 much more distinct on the ante-ocular portion of the head. Eyes dull ochreous. Antennae 

 pilose with the 2nd joint shorter than the 3rd, 4th and 5th subequal, rather longer than 3rd ; 

 first 3 joints luteous, apex of the 1st and apical half of the 3rd, black, 3rd and 4th joints 

 black, narrowly luteous at base. Rostrum luteous, apical joints pitchy. Pronotum with an 

 anterior submarginal line of greenish-black punctures and two irregular transverse ocellated 

 punctured marks of the same colour on anterior portion of the disc. Scutellum with a large 

 central subbasal greenish-black spot, and two small and somewhat indistinct ones of the 

 same colour situated on the lateral margins a little before apex. Membrane transparent, 

 whitish. Abdomen above black, connexivum luteous, spotted with black. Underside of 

 body and legs luteous, sparingly and distinctly punctured with black. Tarsi pitchy. 



Long. 6 mill. 



Hub. Murree and Sind Valley, Kashmir. 

 Menida histrio, Fab., is the nearest allied species. 



