50 E. T. Atkiuson — Notes on Indian Kliynchota. [No. 1, 



beyond tlie bncculoa posteriorly : antennae 5-jointed, first joint not reach- 

 ing the apex of the head : the lateral margins of the thorax ciliated : 

 scutellum broader than long, narrow at the apex : frena extended almost 

 to the apex of the scutellum : costal margin of the hemelytra remotely 

 ciliated, apical margin waved: prosternnm longitudinally excavated: 

 feet robust, tibiss spinose, first pair compressed, upper margin spinosely 

 pectinated (StaV). Signoret's diagnosis slightly differs as he makes the 

 tjhxs, and juga usually equal in length and bases his differentiation from 

 Stilus on the ostiolar canal having at the tip a free lobe, more or less 

 elevated, horn-shaped and more or less flattened on the sides. 



44. Cydnus vaeians, Fabricius. 



Cydnus varians, Fabr., Syst. Bhyng. p. 187 (1803) : Sfal, En. Hem. v. p. 26 

 (1876) ; Sign., A. S. E. F. (6 s.) ii, p. 155, t. 6, f. 92 (1882). 

 JEthus varians, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 6 (1868). 

 Cydnus cyrtomenoides, Dohrn, Stettin Ent. Zeit. p. 40 (1860). 



c? , ? . Black-piceous or piceous, basal margin of thorax and feet, 

 paler : membrane sordid whitish : tarsi piceous-whitish : head anteriorly 

 very finely and remotely punctulate : thorax and hemelytra distinctly 

 punctured. In stature like JEthus indicus, Westw., but differs in its 

 much smaller size, head more obtuse, anteriorly very obsoletely and 

 remotely punctulate, tylus very slightly narrowed forwards, antennae 

 much shorter, ocelli situate nearer to the eyes, thorax more narrowed 

 anteriorly, punctuation on thorax, scutellum and hemelytra finer, first 

 pair of tibiae with fewer spines but apparently longer and the venter 

 remotely sprinkled with fine, obsolete, small punctures (Stdl). Long, 

 4 ; broad 2^ mill. 



Reported from Bengal, Bombay, Ceylon. 



45. Cydnus aterrimus, Forster. 



Cimex aterrimus, Forster, Nov. Spec. Ins. p. 71 (1771). 



Cimex niger, De Geer, Mem. iii, p. 269 (1773). 



Cimex tristis, Fabr., Syst. Ent. p. 716 (1775) ; Ent. Syst. iv, p. 124 (1794). 



Cydnus tristis, Fabr., Syst. Ehyng. p. 185 (1803) : Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i, p. 161, 

 t. 25, f. 83 (1831). 



Brachypelta tristis. Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 90 (1843). 



Cydnus carhonarius, Fourcroy, Ent. Paris (1785) : sec. Sign. 



Cydnus spinipes, Schranck, Enum. Ins. Anstr. p. 275 (1781). 



Brachypelta elevata, Uhler, Proc. Ac. Sci. Phil. p. 222 (1860) ; Cydnus id, Stal, 

 En. Hem. v, p. 20 (1876) 



Var. (h). Cydnus sanguinicollis, Fabr., Syst, Rhyng. p. 185 (1803). 



Var. (c). Cydnus hrunnipennis, Fabr., 1. c. p. 185 (1803). 



Brachypeltus aterrimus, Signoret, A. S. E. F. (6 s.) iii, p. 358, t. 9, f. 186 (1883.) 



