142 E. T. Atkinson— i\^o^es on Indian Ubynchota. [No. 2, 



248. Menida histrio, Fabricius. 



Cimev histrio, Fabr., Mant. Ins. ii, p. 29G, (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iv, p. 122, (179 4) 

 Sysfc. Ilhyng., p. 178, (1803). 



Rhaphigaster concinmn^s, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 285, (1851) ; Walker, Cat. 

 Het. ii, p. 281, (1867). 



Antestia histrio, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 34, (18G8). 



Menida histrio, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 98, (1876). 



Head deep black ; orbit of the eyes and five lines (the two inter- 

 mediate abbreviated), black; antennae ferruginous: pronotum rufous 

 with numerous, impressed, fuscous points : anteriorly with two large 

 fuscous spots, punctured rufous : scutellum varied yellow and rufous 

 with three fuscous spots, the posterior marginal : hemelytra fuscous, pos- 

 teriorly with a rufous patch ; wings whitish : beneath deep black with 

 two rows of whitish spots which, however, do not reach the apex : 

 margin of abdomen whitish {Fabr.). 



Dallas describes his U. concinnus thus : — Above testaceous or pale 

 orange, shining, finely, but not very evenly, punctured black : head with 

 the lateral margins, a line within the orbit of each eye, two parallel 

 median longitudinal lines reaching the posterior margin of the head and 

 sometimes an abbreviated line on each of the juga, black : pronotum 

 with a strong, punctured, black line running close to the anterior and 

 antero-lateral margins, and on the anterior portion of the disc, two 

 irregular, transverse, black ocellated marks : scutellum with a lozenge- 

 shaped black spot in the middle near the base and a black spot on each 

 lateral margin near the apex : hemelytra with a broad black apical band 

 which is interrupted in the middle by a broad, oblique, reddish line : 

 the membrane transparent, whitish : margins of the abdomen yellow, 

 thickly punctured, with a black band on each of the sutures : body 

 beneath testaceous, thickly punctured at the sides : with three broad 

 longitudinal bands, one on each side, running from behind the eyes to the 

 apex of the abdomen, having a narrow testaceous margin throughout its 

 entire course, and one down the middle which is sometimes formed of 

 distinct spots on the abdomen : the abdomen is sometimes black, with a 

 large testaceous patch on each side at the base : ventral spine long, reach- 

 ing the intermediate coxod, testaceous : legs orange : rostrum pitchy, base 

 testaceous; antennae pale brown (Dallas). (? , long, 6^: $, long, 8 

 mill. 



Reported from Tianqucbai', China, Calcutta (mihi). 



