RHYNCHOTA. 
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HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA. 
Family — PENTATOMIDjE, Stal. 
Sub-family — CYDNINJE (CYDNINA), Stal. 
1. JEthtjs maurus, Dali. 
A. maurus, Dali., List, pt. 1, p. 118, 18 (1851) .—Walk., Cat. Het. 1, p. 158 (1857).— Stal, Enu- 
merat. Hemip., pt. 5, p. 26, 1876. 
Hab. — Jhelam Valley, July 1873. 
Distributed generally throughout Hindustan. 
2. .ZEthus, sp. 
Allied to 2E. pygnumis, Dali., of which it is probably only a slight variety. The col- 
lection contains only one specimen. 
Hab. — On the road across the Pamir, from Sarikol to Panja, April to May 1874. 
Sub-iam.-ASOPJNJE (ASOPIDA), Stal. 
3. ZlCRONA CCERULEA, Lin. 
Cimex ceruleus, Lin., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, p. 445, 38 (1758). — Stal, Enumerat. Hemip., pt. l,p. 36, 
(1870). 
Hab . — Kugiar, South Yarkand, May to June 1874. 
This wide-ranging species extends throughout the whole of the Palaearctic and Oriental 
regions. 
Europa tota, India orientalis, Java, Borneo, Malacca (Stal.) ; Astracan (Jacovlev) ; N. 
M . Siberia (Sahlberg) ; Bagdad (Coll. Brit. Mus.) ; Morocco, Japan (Coll. Distant). 
Sub-fam. — PE NT A TOMINJE (PE NT A TO MIN A ) , Stal. 
4. Dalpada confusa, Dist. Pig. 1. 
Balpada confusa, Dist., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 121. 
Luteous, thickly covered with green punctures. Head emarginate in front with the sides 
reflexed, and some small indistinct ochreous markings at base. Antennae pitchy, each joint 
luteous at base, basal and apical joints smallest, 2nd shorter than 3rd, 3rd and 4th subequal. 
Rostrum just passing posterior coxae, with the tip pitchy. Pronotum somewhat transversely 
gibbous at base in a line with lateral angles, after which it is abruptly deflexed towards head, 
lateral angles prominent, subacute, lateral margins denticulated for about half their length 
