182 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian EhyDcliota. [No. 2, 



292. Asopus MALABARicus, Fabricius. 



Cimex malabaricus, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 718 (1775) ; Spec. Ins. ii, p. 363 (1781); 

 Mant. Ins. ii, p. 298 (1787). 



Cimex mactans, Fabr., Spec. Ins. ii, p. 366 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. ii, p. 301 (1788). 



Lygceus maldbaricuSy Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv, p. 151 (1794) ; Syst. Rhyng., p. 219 

 (1803). 



Lygceus mactans, Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv, p. 161 (1794) ; Syst. Rhyng., p. 227 

 (1803). 



Cimex oculatus, Fabr., Ent. Syst. Snppt., p. 535 (1798). 



LygoBUS argus, Fabr., Syst. Ehyng., p. 217 (1803), 



Asopus argus, Burm., Nova Acta Acad. Leop. xvi, Snppt. p. 293, t. 41, f. 6 

 (1834). 



Asopus mactans, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 107 (1851) ; YoU., Fann. Ent. I'Arch. 

 Ind. Neerl. iii, p. 12 (1868). 



Aso^pus dystercoides, Ellenr,, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., xxiv p. 137, f. 2, 3, cf (1802) ; 

 Walker, Cat. Het., i, p. 146 (1867). 



Asopus nigripes, Ellenr., 1. c, p. 138, f. 4, 5, $ (1862) : Walker, 1. c. i p. 146 

 (1867). 



Asopus malaharicus, Stal, En. Hem. i, p. 56, 230 (1870). 



Head rufescent : antennse black : pronotnm rufous, varied cinere- 

 ous, with two black spots anteriorly : scutellum large, rufous with two 

 large black spots at the base : wings black : abdomen pale, with large 

 cyaneous spots on both sides (L. malaharicus, Fabr.). Head pale rufes- 

 cent : antennse black : pronotum black, paler anteriorly, with two black 

 spots : scutellum rufous with two black spots : hemelytra rufous ; wings 

 black: beneath flavescent with cyaneous bands (L. mactans, Fabr.), 

 Red or red-testaceous : two elliptical transverse spots on the anterior 

 part of the pronotum and two on the anterior angles of the scutellum, 

 membrane, apex of femora, tibi89, tarsi, antennge, except the first joint, 

 black : first joint of the antennae, red : face and rostrum reddish : 

 pectus margined white and red, with rows of black spots ; venter 

 margined white and red, banded black, with five bands narrower in the 

 middle : femora rufous : abdomen laterally not extending much beyond 

 the hemelytra, not longer : sometimes two spots on the head {Ellenr.). 

 Long, 12 — 13 mill. I have a specimen of A. nigripes, Ellenr., from 

 Bengal. 



Reported from India, Sahasram (Bengal), Calcutta (raihi), Java, 

 Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines. 



Species of uncertain position. 

 293. Arma velata, Walker, Cat. Het. iii, p. 532 (1868). 



Ferruginous, nearly elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured ; 

 punctures black, dull ochraceous beneath : head mostly blackish above : 



