1887.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 51 



Cydnus aterrimus, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 12 (1851) excl. syn. pt. j Walker, Cat 

 Het. i. p. 164 (1867) : Stal, Hem. Afrio. i, p. 19 (1864) ; Hem. Fabr. i, p. 6 (1868) j 

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



Black, somewhat shining, densely and distinctly punctulate : mem- 

 brane whitish hyaline, margined black at the base : thorax in (5* an- 

 teriorly intruded and slightly transversely elevated in the middle (Stdl.) 

 S, ^, long, 9-13 ; broad 5-6 miU. 



Var. h. has the antenno3, and basal limbus of thorax yellow-cas- 

 taneous. S , long 12 ; broad, GJ mill. 



Var. c. has the antennas, corium and clavus, yellow castaneous, the 

 corium and clavus infuscate at the base, d , long, 9 ; broad 5 mill. 



Oval, elongate, deep black, finely punctured : base of vertex, an- 

 terior disc of the pronotum, two basal angles of the scutellum, smooth, 

 the last a little elevated : beneath smooth, shining in the middle, the 

 sides more or less granulated or punctured : feet smooth, shining, some- 

 times of a lighter colour, femora with several rows of spinose hairs, an- 

 terior and middle pair with two spines at the tip : anterior tibiae strong- 

 ly amplified, the end having eleven strong spines on the external side 

 and four on the internal side and at the tip, several others on the an- 

 terior and posterior disc : trochanters, rostrum and antennas, piceous. 

 Head longer than broad, margins much raised in front, without hairs on 

 the border and shining only those proceeding from the piliferous points on 

 the vertex and those anterior below the head which spring from each side of 

 the base of the rostrum : the tylus strongly inclosed by the juga : eyes 

 small, without a spine at the base : ocelli very small nearer to the eyes, 

 than to the median line : rostrum short, stout, scarcely extending be- 

 yond the anterior coxae, first joint entirely hidden by the rostral ridges 

 which are rather raised ; the second joint stouter, equal to the third, the 

 last one-third less than the preceding : first joint of the antennae short- 

 est, the third less than the rest, second, fourth and fifth almost equal : 

 anterior border of pronotum strongly emarginate and showing behind 

 the indentation an impression, very strong in the S and less so in the 

 5 : scutellum triangular, the side hardly shorter than the base, tip 

 angular : hemelytra with 1 — 3 hairs, external margin very narrow ; mem- 

 brane almost as long as the corium and extending by one-fourth beyond 

 the abdomen, dull plates (plaques mates) with the angles rounded and 

 weakly grooved ; the glossy parts and grooves closely punctured : ostiole 

 ending in a broad, tumid, smooth, shining plate with the posterior con- 

 vexity circular {Sign.). Long, 10 — 13 mill. 



Reported from Europe, Africa, India : specimens from Hard war 

 (N.-W. P.). 



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