120 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliyncliota. [N'o. 2, 



Cim.ex spirans, Fabr., Ent. Syst. Suppt. p. 533 (1798) : Syst. Rhyng. p. 167 

 (1803). West India Islands. 



Cimeoa viridissimus, Wolff, 1, c, p. 55, t. 6, f. 52 (1801). India. 



Pentatoma unicolor, subsericea, leei, tripunctigera, proxima, chinensis, chloris, 

 cMorocephala, propinqua, and herylina Westw., Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 38-39 (1837) : 

 from Java, India, Cape St. Vincent, Teneriffe, China, Sierra Leone, Brazil, and 

 Puna respectively. 



Rhaphigaster smaragdulus, Kolen., Mel. Ent. iv, p. 55 (1846). 



Pentatoma plicaticollis, Lucas, Expl. Alger. Ins., p. 87; Hem., t. 3, f. 9 (1849). 

 N. Africa. 



Rhaphigaster suhsericeus, Dallas, List. Hem. i, p. 275 (1851). N. Bengal. 



Var. h. : — Cimex torquatus, Fabr., Syst. Ent. p. 711 (1775) ; Spec. Ins. ii, p. 353 

 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. ii, p. 291 (1787) ; Ent. Syst., iv, p. 108 (1794) ; Syst. Ehyng., 

 p. 166 (1803) : Gmelin, 1. c, p. 2150 (1788). 



Pentatoma fiavicoUis Shndflavicornis, Pal. Beauv., Ins. Hem., p. 185, t. 11, f. 4 

 (1805). 



Rhaphigaster torquatus, Herr. Scbaff., Wanz. Ins., iv, p. 100, t. 162, f. 447 (1839). 



Var. c. ; — Cimex viriduhts, Linn., Syst. Nat., 10 ed., p. 444 (1758) ; Mus. Lud. 

 XJlr. p. 172 (1764) : Fabr., Syst. Ent. p. 710 (1775) ; Spec. Ins. ii, p. 354 (1781) j 

 Mant. Ins. ii, p. 291(1787); Ent. Syst. iv, p. 109 (1794); Syst. Rhyng. p. 166 

 (1803) : Gmelin, 1. c, p. 2150 (1788). 



Cimex hemichloris, Germar, Silb. Rev. v, p. 166 (1837). 



Rhaphigaster orbis, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forli., p. 221 (1853). 



(5" , 2 . Somewliat narrowly obovate ; varying in colour ; through- 

 out densely punctured ; with a very obtuse, broad, levigate, ventral ridge ! 

 third joint of the antennae at the apex, and almost entire 4 — 5 joints, 

 brunnescent : extremity of anterior lateral margins of the pronotum, 

 also margin of venter, pale substramineous : extremity of apical angles 

 of the segments of the abdomen and a minute spot or small lower line on 

 head before the eyes, black {Stdl). Long, 12 — 16 ; broad, 6 — 9 mill. 



Yar. a. : — First joint of antennae green, fuscous at the apex ; se- 

 cond fuscous, green at the base ; third entirely fuscous : head rounded, 

 entire, eyes testaceous : margin of pronotum flavescent : scutellum 

 green with three very minute, yellow, basal dots ; abdomen greenish, 

 ventral line flavescent: feet Yivescent (O. smaragdulus, Fahv.). Above 

 broadly greenish ; scutellum immaculate, a little more obscure at the 

 base : 3 — 4 joints of antennae at apex and entire last joint, purple 

 (Wolff, 1. c). Westwood's species vary chiefly in the coloration of the 

 antennae. 



Yar. h. : — Above green ; head and margin of pronotum anteriorly, 

 flavescent or sordid stramineous : antennaa variegated rufous and green 

 (G. torquatus, Fabr.). Green : anterior half of head and thorax, three 

 or five spots at the base of the scutellum, and the margin of the abdomen, 

 yellow {Herr. Schdff.). 



Yar. c. : — Above sordid stramineous : two basal spots on the head. 



