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200. EURYDEMA DOMINULUM, ScopoH. 



Cimex dominulus, Scop., Ent. Carn., p. 124 (1763). 



Cimex festivus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 714 (1775) ; Spec. Ins. ii, p. 358 (1781) ; 

 Maut. Ins. ii, p. 295 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iv, p. 118 (1794); Syst. Rhyng., p. 172 

 (1803) ; Gmelin, ed. Syst. Nat. i (4), p. 2150 (1793) : Wolfe, Ic. Cim. p. 61, t. 6, f. 58 

 (1801). 



Strachia festiva, Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i, p. 181, t. 29, f. 93 (1831) : Fieber, Eur. 

 Hem. p. 342, (1861) : Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc, p. 124 (1875) : ? L. Duda, Wien 

 Ent. Zeit. iv, p. 70 (1885). 



Var. Eurydema hhesgica, Kolen. Mel. Ent. iv, p. 28, t. 15, f. 31 (1846). 



Eurydema dauricum, Motsch., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. (2) p. 502 (1859) : Stal, En. 

 Hem. V, p. 86 (1876). 



Eurydema dominulum, Eeuter, Rev. d'Ent. iii, p. 68 (1884) ; Berlin, Ent. Zeit. 

 xxix, p. 40 (1885). 



c?. Head black; margin red; antennae black, reddish, at apex: 

 pronotum red, with six black spots of which four posterior : scutellum 

 red, with a black hemispherical patch at the base : hemeljtra red ; apex 

 membranous, black ; margin whitish, with two black spots at the inter- 

 nal margin, and a black dot at the apex : abdomen red with a black 

 spot above on the apex, beneath on both sides with six ovate black spots : 

 feet black. 5 of the same colour, but a little larger (Scopoli). Long, 

 6J mill. Wolff's description is as follows ; — ' Head black, lateral margin 

 red, impressly punctured, with a small impressed line, posteriorly bifid, 

 on the apex ; orbit of the fuscous eyes rufous : rostrum 4-jointed, black, 

 shorter than half the body : pronotum declined anteriorly, red, shining, 

 impressly punctured, with six black spots, the two anterior large, the 

 four posterior smaller : scutellum red, impressly punctured, longer than 

 half of the abdomen, with a black hemispherical patch at the base, and 

 a small marginal spot on both sides before the apex : hemelytra red, 

 impressly punctured, shining, interior margin, an abbreviated median 

 band close to interior margin, spot at apex, and another in the middle 

 of the exterior margin, black : membrane black, shining, margin broadly 

 white : wings fuliginous, white at apex : abdomen above deep black, 

 shining, margin red, immaculate : beneath rufous, deep black in the 

 middle, very shining ; a line of black dots on both sides : pectus deep 

 black, very shining, with all the sutures livid : anus red : feet deep 

 black ; first tibiae with a small tooth before the apex. Varies in size 

 and in having six black ovate spots on each side beneath.' Long, 10 

 mill. 



Reported from Europe, but is probably found in N. India, some of 

 the specimens procured there being very like Wolff's figure but com- 

 parison with a long series can alone settle this question. 



