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Rhodope. It is impossible to decide upon their real affini- 
ties, until we obtain a knowledge of the metamorphoses of 
some of the species. 
ORDER ORTHOPTERA. Fam. Mantiva. 
Mantis Roylii. Hope, MSS. Tab. 10, fig. 5. 
ORDER HYMENOPTERA. Section Purivora. 
Fam. CHatcrpip2. 
Diruinvus Himatayanus, Westw. 
Niger, pedibus 4 anterioribus, tarsisque posticis rufes- 
centibus, 
Capite obtuse bicornuto. 
Habitat in Himalaya. Tab. 10, fig. 8. 
Long. corp. lin. 2. Exp. alar. lin. 3. 
Caput nigrum punctatum, anticé obtusé bicornutum 
antennarum articulo primo nigro (articulis reliquis dete- 
ritis). Thorax fortiter punctatus; metathorace 4 lineato et 
ad latera, angulariter producto. Abdomen breve depressum 
thoracis latitudine. Pedes 4 anteriores rufescentes, 2 pos- 
tici nigri, tarsis solummodo rufescentibus. 
Obs. In hae specie partes oris valde elongatz, labro 
oblongo-ovali ciliato, mandibulis inter se similibus, graci- 
libus, sub apice dente interno unico armatis. 
ORDER HETEROPTERA. Section Lonerazpss. 
Fam. ScuTELLERWA, 
Scurrttera Putcuetta, Hope, MSS. 
Czruleo-nigra vel-zneo, nitida prothoracis disco anticé, 
et margine postico zneo vel cupreo tincto, scutello aureo 
viridique intenti, fascia transversa basali, alteraque centrali 
obliqua, (in medio interrupta) et maculis tribus rotundatis 
(postice et in triangulum positis) czruleo-nigris. 
Statura fere Scutellerz maurz at paullo minor, scutelloque 
abdomen omnino obtegenti. Scutellerze Stockeri affinis at 
robustior. Antenne articulis duobus basalibus brevibus 
equalibus. 3tio. 2do. fere duplo longiori, ultimo omnium 
longissimo. 
oa corp. lin. 5, lat. lin. 3. Tab. 10, fig. 6. 
Fam, Pentatomipz. 
Mecaruyncuus TransversaLis, Westw. 
Fusco-niger, capite acuté bicornuto, angulisque anticis 
thoracis acuté antice productis, prothorace et scutello 
transverse striatis, parte coriacea hemelytrorum nigra, 
tenuissime punctata, membrana apicali albida, antennz et 
pedes nigri. 
Long. corp. lin, 7}. lat. lin. 33. Tab. 10, fig. 7. 
ORDER. HOMOPTERA. Section Satratoria. 
. Fam, Acapipz. 
Cicapa Sutruunxa, Horr, MSS. 
Nigra, capite thoraceque sulphureo maculatis, alarum 
_ dimidio basali sulphureo, parte anticarum sulphurea, fascia 
Kop. nigricanti divisa, apicibusque fuscescentibus. 
Long. Sa ae i. — alan. une. Sf. C. pulchella 
in Tab. 10,fig. 2.00 
~ Affinis Chad acabee: digits nigrum orbitu interno 
oculorum sulphureo; thorax niger maculis 8 sulphureis 
abdomen nigrum segmentorum marginibus pallidis. Ale 
anticee costa sulphurea, maculaque ovali maxima (plus quam 
dimidium basale alarum occupante) sulphured fascia obliqua 
~ tenui nigra interné dentata divisA; apice fusco nervis nigris 
ON THE ENTOMOLOGY OF THE 
Ale postice ad basin sulphuree, ad apicem fuscz nervis 
nigris ; pedes nigri. 
ORDER DIPTERA. Section Purirara. 
Fam. Hrrrososcip2, 
Hrerososca Macotata. 
Thorace fusco, flavo variegato, scutello nigricanti, maculis 
tribus flavis, media majori, femoribus tibiisque posticis ad 
apicem fuscis. 
Hippobosca equina; “ex India orientali paullo major, 
thoraceque magis albo variegato, at vix distincta.” Fab. 
Syst. Antl. p. 338. 
Hippobosca maculata, Leach, “ On the genera and species 
of Eproboscideous Insects.” Wernerian Trans. vol. ii. p. 549. 
Long. corp. lin. 4. Expans. alar. lin. 83. Tab. 10, fig. 10, 
Caput flavum, oculis fulvis, lined longitudinali inter oculos 
fusca. Proboscis nigra. Thorax fuscus, maculé magna ad 
angulos anticos flavescenti in medio fusca; fascia parva 
centrali lunulisque duabus in medio conjunctis posticis 
flayescentibus, scutello nigricante maculis tribus flavis media 
majori. Abdomen fuscum, punctatum, marginibus rufes- 
centibus. Pedes fulvescentes tarsis omnibus femoribus 
tibiisque posticis ad apicem fuscis. 
Fam. NycTERisipz. 
Nycrerisia Roy. 
Obscure nigra pedibus fuscescentibus elongatis, vix 
compressis, coxis anticis brevibus, abdomine ovalo, conico, 
depresso, 5-articulato, apice subtruncato, stylis duobus 
incurvis subtus armato, capite compresso, 
Long. corp. lin. 1}. 
Habitat in India Orientali. Tab. 10, fig. 9. 
Nyct. Roylii. Westw. in Trans. Zool. Soc. 1. p. 290-5. 
ORDER COLEOPTERA. 
Cretonia Roy, Hope. 
Long. lin, 12. lat. lin. 6. Tab. 9, fig. 1. 
Nigro-viridis thorace flavo marginato elytrisque quatuor 
maculis flavis notatis. Clypeus quadratus. Antenne nigra. 
Caput quadratum punctatum. Thorax cupreis marginibus 
externis elevatis, lineaque flava utrinque externa, disco 
fortissime punctato. Scutellum magnum postice decitum, 
Elytra nigro-virescentia maculis quatuor flavis notata, bine 
fere rotundate ad basin posite, binz aliz reniformes ante 
apicem locate. Corpus infra nigro-aneum segmentis abdo- 
minis utrinque aurantiis capillis obsitis pedibusque conco- 
loribus. 
In Mus. Dom. Royle; in montibus Himalayz captus 
ceria. 
Georrures OrtenTatis. 
Long. lin. 10. lat. lin. 6}. Tab. 9, fig. 2, 
Violaceus thorace sparsim punctulato, elytris striato- 
punctatis, pedibus supra nigris, infra violaceis nitidis. 
Antenne picee capitulo fuscanti, thorax violaceus longi- 
tudinali serie punctorum in medio posita, variis aliis sparsim 
dispositis, Elytra striato-punctata striis quasi vermibus 
erosis. Corpus infra violaceum nitidum, femoribus posticis 
uni-spinosis, tibiis pilosis, tarsis chelisque piceis, 
This singular species approaches very closely to some of 
our British species, and is probably from a high elevation 
| of the Himalayan mountains. 
In Mus. Dom. Royle, 
