58 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhyncliota. [l^o 1, 



Genus Bagrada, Stal. 



Stettin Ent. Zeit., xxiii, p. 105 (1862) ; Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forli. xxix, 3, p. 3^ 

 (1872) ; En. Hem. v, p. 61, 88 (1876). 



Body subobovate : bead triangular ; juga somewbat as long as tbe 

 tylus, converging forwards, not contiguous, bowever, at tbe apex : eye& 

 somewbat stylate : ocelli almost tbrice as far from eacb otber as from 

 tbe eyes : second joint of antennas longer tbajn tbird : pronotum indis- 

 tinctly sexangular, posterior angles very obtuse, broadly rounded, anterior 

 margin not, or scarcely, elevated : tibias rounded ; basal joint of last 

 tarsi sborter tban tbe two apicai taken togetber (Stdl). 

 Type Gimex pictiis, Fabr,- 



206. Bageada picta, Fabricius. 



Cimex pictuSf Fabr., Syst. Ent. p. 715 (1775) ; Spec. Ins. ii, p. 359 (1781) j Manf, 

 Ins. ii, p. 296 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iv, p. 122 (1794) ; Syst. Rhyng. p, 177 (1803) ? 

 Wolfe Ic. Cim. i, p. 17, t. 2, f. 17 (1800). 



Strachia picta, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 259 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 326 

 (1867). 



Bagrada picta, Stal, Stettin Ent. Zeit. xxiii, p. 105 (1862); En. Hem, v, p. 88i 

 (1876); Lethierry, An. Mus. Gen. xviii, p. 743 (1883), 



Antennae black i bead black, witb lateral line and two very minute 

 points on tbe vertex, rufescent : pronotum deep blacky sbining ; anterior 

 margin and lateral lines, and a median, palely ferruginous : scutellum 

 deep black, witb a longitudinal line and two small spots on eacb side^ 

 pale ferruginous : bemelytra smootb, margin palcy ending in a large 

 ferruginous spot : wings fuscous, immaculate i beneatb flavescent, witb 

 a lateral line and spots, black : feet pale witb black lines (Fahr.)\ 

 Antennae, eyes and bead, black ; tbe latter sbining, margined, emarginate 

 at tbe apex, witb a small line on botb sides at tbe margin as far as tbo 

 eyes, and two dots on tbe vertex^ yellow-ferruginous : circumocular space, 

 yellow : rostrum fuscous, 4-jointed, as long as balf tbe body : pronotum' 

 deep black, sbining, posteriorly impressly punctured; anterior and 

 lateral margins and a median line, yellow ferruginous, and an anterioir 

 spot on eacb side, yellow : scutellum deep black witb a median longitu- 

 dinal line, and a spot on eacb side at base and apex^ pale ferruginous : 

 bemelytra deep black, impressly punctured, a pale line at tbe margin 

 confluent witb a ferruginous spot on tbe apex ; apex itself black : wings 

 blackisb, immaculate : abdomen beneatb flavescent, tbe margins of seg- 

 ments black, a line of black points on eacb side ; pectus spotted rufous r 

 feet pale, varied witb small fuscous lines and dots {Wolff.). Varies in 

 size, in tbe pronotum baving no yellow spots, in scutellum witb two dots> 

 and tbe abdomen being black witb yellow bands. Long, 8 ; broad, 4 milL 



