54 
General Catalogue of the Homoptera 
1898 R[icania] episcopalis Matsumura, [Japanese entomology] 1898: 
[75] [Notes] 5 
1898 [Ricania] episcopalis Melichar, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 
386 (2) To R[icania] simulans Walk, [error] 
1898 Ricania episcopalis Melichar, Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 13: 224 
To Ricania simulans Walk, [error] 
1899 Ricania episcopalis Matsumura, [Injurious insects of Japan] 2: 
[414]; 1 fig. [Notes, illustrated] 5 
1906 Ricania episcopalis Distant, Fauna of British India 3: 378 
[Listed] 2 - 3 
1907 Ricania episcopalis Matsumura, Annot. Zool. Japonenses 6: 85 
[Catalogued] 5 Equals R[icania] japonica Mel. [error] 
1907 Ricania episcopalis Oshanin, Ann. Mus. Zool. St. Petersburg 12: 
287 [Catalogued] 2 ' 3 ' 4 Equals Ricania simulans Mel. (in part.) 
1912 Ricania episcopalis Oshanin, Katalog palaarktischen Hemipteren 
1912: 124 [Listed] 3 ' 4 Equals Ricania simulans Mel. (in part.) 
1915 [Ricania simulans] episcopalis Schumacher, Suppl. Ent. 4: 139 
[Listed] 2 
1915 [ Ricania simulans ] episcopalis Schumacher, Mitt. Zool. Mus. 
Berlin 8 : 130 [Catalogued] 2 Equals Ricania episcopalis StAl 
1916 R[icania] episcopalis Jacobi, Deutsche Ent. Zeit. 1915: 301 To 
Ricania simulans Walk, [error] 
1923 Ricania ( Ricania ) episcopalis Melichar, Gen. Insect. 182: 127 
[Catalogued] 2 ' 3 
1935 R[icania\ episcopalis Wu, Catalogus Insect orum Sinensium 2: 
110 [Catalogued] 2 - 3 
Localities: 1 Northern China. ! Formosa. 3 China. 4 Oriental region. 5 Japan. 
episcopalis Uhler [nec St&l]. See Ricania japonica Melichar. 
episcopus Walker 
1858 Flatoides episcopus Walker, List of Homopterous Insects. Sup- 
plement 1858: 100 [n. sp.l 1 
1862 [Ricania episcopus] St&l, Ofv. Svenska Vet. Akad. Forh. 19: 
491 Equals F[latoides] episcopus Walk. 
1864 Flatoides episcopus Costa, Ann. Mus. Zool. Napoli 2: 83 [Listed] 1 
1886 Ricania episcopus Atkinson, Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 55: 58 
[Described] 2 Equals Flatoides episcopus Walk. 
1898 Flatoides episcopus Melichar, Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 13: 224 
To Ricania simulans Walk, [error] 
1898 [Ricania] episcopus Melichar, Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 13: 240 
To Ricania simulans Walk, [error] 
1906 Flatoides episcopus Distant, Fauna of British India 3: 378 
[Listed] 1 ' 3 
