RHYNCHOTA. 
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HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA. 
Family —PENT A TOMIDJE, Stal. 
Sub-family- CYDNIN2E (CYDNINA), Stal. 
1. AIthtjs maxjrtjs, Rail. 
A. maiirus, Dali., List, pt. 1, p. 118, 18 (1851).—Walk., Cat. Het. 1, p. 158 (1857).—Stal, Enu- 
merat. Hemip., pt. 5, p. 26, 1876. 
Hah .—Jhelam Valley, July 1873. 
Ristributed generally tliroughout Hindustan. 
2. iETHUS, sp. 
Allied to YE. pygmceus, Rail., of which it is probably only a slight variety. The col¬ 
lection contains only one specimen. 
Ilab .—On the road across the Pamir, from Sarikol to Panja, April to May 1874. 
Sub-fam.— ASOPIN2E (ASOPIDA), Stal. 
3. ZlCRONA CCERTJLEA, Lin. 
Cimex ceruleus, Lin., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, p. 445, 38 (1758).—Stal, Enumerat. Hemip., pt. l,p. 36, 
(1870). 
Hah. —Kugiar, South Yarkand, May to June 1874. 
This wide-ranging species extends throughout the whole of the Palsearctic and Oriental 
regions. 
Europa tota, India orientalis, Java, Borneo, Malacca (Stal.); Astracan (Jacovlev); N. 
W. Siberia (Sahlberg); Bagdad (Coll. Brit. Mus.); Morocco, Japan (Coll. Ristant). 
Sub-fam .—PENTATOMINAS (PENTA TO MINA), Stal. 
4. Ralpada conptjsa, Rist. Pig. 1. 
Dalpada 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. Anternse 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 
