Volume 1

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford, C.T. Bingham, and A.E. Shipley, assisted by Guy A.K. Marshall. Rhynchota / by W.L. Distant. Vols I & II, (Heteroptera). Vol. III, (Heteroptera-Homoptera). Vol. IV, Homoptera and Appendix (Pt.). Vol. V, Heteroptera: Appendix. Vol. VI, Homoptera: Appendix. Vol. VII, Homoptera: Appendix. Heteroptera: Addenda.

Date:
1902-1918
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Credit: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford, C.T. Bingham, and A.E. Shipley, assisted by Guy A.K. Marshall. Rhynchota / by W.L. Distant. Vols I & II, (Heteroptera). Vol. III, (Heteroptera-Homoptera). Vol. IV, Homoptera and Appendix (Pt.). Vol. V, Heteroptera: Appendix. Vol. VI, Homoptera: Appendix. Vol. VII, Homoptera: Appendix. Heteroptera: Addenda. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    legs, 1-ostrum, autenucc, and lateral margins of abdomen arranged in a double row ol: small irregular spots, ochraceous ; apical joint of anteunae piceons. Length 4 to 5 ; max. breadth 4 millim. Hah. Ceylon (icms). Andaman Islands; Port Blair (il/eZrfoja).— Also generally distributed throughout the Malayan Archipelago. B. Lateral marghis of abdomen ivith ray-lihe fascue. a. Head distincthj spotted or marked with ochraceous. SyL myn,,. p. 142. 69 (1833) ; Genn. (Thyreocor.s) var • i p 33 23 (1839); Amy. .\ Serv. (Plataspis) Hem. p. 64. 2 (1843), J^^^Z^i^^, Wlk. Cat. Bet. i, pp. 104, 106 (1867). Black shinin- ; eyes and two transverse lines (sometimes much broken) on the h^ad the sublateral margins of the pronotum, and an obhque sublateral fascia connected with the subantenor margin, late°nl and posterior margin of scutellnm, ochraceous ; some spe- cimens have two small ochmceous spots on tl.e disk of the pronotum a^S two similar spots at the base of the scute lum Head and sternum beneath opaque black ; abdomen beneath shining black entTarea of head beneath, legs, lateral margins o abdomen and Sad rav-like fasciae on each abdominal segment ochraceous these t scii con a n 1 ,hort central black hne, and there is also a lateral submarginal series of small black spots; antenna, piceous, with their bases ochraceous. (clll mlt \ Burma {Brit. ilf«..).-Also found m the Malay Ssultand generally throughout the Malayan Archipelago. 10. Brachyplatys radians, Voll Faun. Ind. Merl. i, p. 53. 2, pi. iv, F^;..'J^!aeh]platys vahUi, Voll. {neo Fair.) loc. cif. p. 52. 1. Closely allied to the preceding species (5. i'«^iZw, ]?abr ) but diS\;nncipally bAe^ s^^^^^ ^J^^ ^ ^Length 6 to 7 ; ^^'^^^^^ probably found through- Andaman Islands--This s ecies is^^ ^^^^^^ out the Malayan Archipelago; it has been leceuea and the PhiUppines.