HEMIPTEBA HETEEOPTERA OF CEYLON. 81 



*^THUS MATJRUS. 



iEthus raaurus, Ball. List Hem. Ins. B. M. i. p. 118, n. 18 (1851). 

 A specimen of this common East-Indian species is recorded by 

 Walker from Ceylon, from Cuming's collection. 



Differs from ^. varians in having only the tarsi ferruginous. 



*^THTJS OMICEO]^". 



iEthus omicron. Walk. Cat. Het. Hem. B. M. iii. p. 534 (1868). 



Described from Ceylon {Thwaites). 



Closely allied to ^E. maiirus, but rather smaller. 



*^THUS BADIUS. 



^thus badius, Walk. Cat. Het. Hem. B. M. i. p. 159, n. 73 (1867). 

 One specimen from Ceylon in the British Museum, collected 

 by Dr. Thwaites. Also occurs in India and China. 



*^THirS APICALIS. 



^thus apiealis. Ball. List Hem. Ins. B. M. i. p. 120, n. 20 (1851). 



A common Indian species. 



^THTJS (?) MINTJTUS. 



Cydnus (?) minutus, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. xxxvi. (3) p. 75 (1863). 

 Described from Ceylon (Colombo and Mount Patannas). 



*tA&0]!irOSCELIS NTJBILIS. 



Cimex nubilis. Fair. Syst. Ent. p. 712, n. 74 (1775). 

 A common East-Indian species ; but the type specimen is said 

 (probably erroneously) to have come from the Cape. 



*Eethesiiv'a Fullo. 



Cimex Fullo, Thunb. Nov. Sjjec. Ins. p. 42, pi. ii. f. 57 (1783). 



Erthesina fullo, Atk. J. A. S. B. ivii. p. 5 (1888). 



This species is very common, and very widely distributed 

 throughout Eastern Asia ; it is usually confounded with the 

 next. 



*tERTHESINA GUTTATA. 



Cimex guttatus, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 291, n. 121 (1787). 

 Erthesina guttata, Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 6 (1888). 

 The localities given by Atkinson are India, Siam, and Ceylon ; 

 Mr. Green's specimens are from Kandy. 



^fllALTS DENTATA. 



Cimex dentatus, Fabr. Syst. Fnt. p. 702, n. 28 (1775). 

 A very common Indian species. Mr. Grreen's specimens are 

 from Mataratta. 



