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407. AsPONGOPUS OBSCURUS, Pabricius. 

 Oimex olseums, Palbr., Ent. Syst., iv. p. 107 (1794). 



Udessa obscura, Pabr., Syst. Khyrg. p. 151 (1803) ; Wolfe. Ic. Cim,, p. 177, f. 171 

 (1811). 



Aspongopus obscurus, Burm., Handb. Eut., ii (i), p. 352 (1835); Horr. Schiift'., 

 Wanz. Ins., vii. p. 80 (1841) ; Dallas, List Hem., i. p. 349 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het., 

 iii, p. 482 (1868) : Vollen., Faune Ent. I'Aroli. Inds. Ne'erl., iii, p. 38 (1868): Stal, 

 Hem. Eabr., i, p. 38 (1868). 



A. fAspongopiis) olseurus, Stal, En. Horn, i, p. 82 (1870). 



Body, wings and feet, fuscous : pronotum, hemelytra and scutellum 

 obscurely olivaceous : head and antenna; (except the yellow last joint) 

 black : anterior margin of pronotum fuscous : scutellum more obscure at 

 the base: margins of abdomen obsoletely spotted yellow {Fair.). 



9 . Tellow-castaneous, shining somewhat cupreous, densely punc- 

 tured : antennsB black, last joint yellow-testaceous : margins of pronotum 

 concolorous : upper and lower marginal spots on the abdomen, castane- 

 ous-fiavescent : dorsum of abdomen testaceous: wings sordid yellow, 

 violaceous-fiiscous at the apex {Stal). Long, 17; broad, 9^ mill. 



Eoportcd from Australia, Celebes, Aru, Bou.ru, Java, India, Ceylon, 

 N. Bengal, Silhat, Pondicherry : Assam (mihi), Sikkim (milii), Cal- 

 cutta. 



408. ASPONGOPUS JANUS, Fabricius. 



Oimex Janus, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 714 (1775); Spec. lus., ii, p. 357 (1781) ; Mant. 

 Ins., ii, p. 295 (1787) ; Gmelin, ed., Syst. Nat., i (4), p. 2152 (1788); Fabr., Ent Syst 

 iv. p. 107 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. Cim., i, p. 13, t. 2, f, 13 (1800) ; Stoll, Punaises, p. 30, t'. 

 6, f. 41 (1788). 'if > 



Ciinex afer, Drury, 111. Nat. Hist., iii, p. 66, t. 46, f. 7 (1782). 



Cimex surinamensis, Gmelin, ed. Syst. Nat., i. (4), p. 2134 (1788). 



Sclessa Janus, Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng., p. 151 (1803). 



Pentatoma Janus, St. Farg. & Servillo, Euo. Meth., x, p. 56 (1825). 



Aspongopus vicinus, Westwood, Hope, Cat. Hem., i, p. 25 (1837). 



Aspongopus Jamts, Lap., Ess. Hem. p. 58 (1832) ; Burm,, Haudb. Ent ii (i) p 

 352 (1835) ; Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. lus. Hem., p. 173 (1843) ; Herr Schail Wanz' 

 Ins., vii, p. 78, t. 240, f. 747 (1844) ; Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 348 (1851) ; WalkLr Cat' 

 Het. iii, p. 482 (1868) ; Distant, A. M. N. H., (5 s.) iii, p. 45 (1879). 



A. (Aspongopus) Janus, Stal, En. Hem., i, p. 83 (1870). 



Head deep black, immaculate : pronotum rufous, anterior segment 

 black, elevated margin rufous : scutellum black, rufous at the apex : 

 hemelytra rufous ; wings black : abdomen black with the elevated margin, 

 rufous : feet black {Fabr.). A. vicinus, Westw., differs only in the smaller 

 size and the rufcsccnt colour being more luteous. Long, 16 mill. 



Reported fiom Philippines, Java, Borneo, Siam, India, N. Bengal, 



