fl2 THk r.VNAnlAN KNToMtH^KUSt. 



HK.\m»ri:K.\ n'f.w and old.— No. 3. 



BY G. \V. KIKKALDV, HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



Fam. Ciniicidae. 

 Sagrina vittata, Spinola ( - macroplerous). = Atelidei ceiitto 

 lineatui, Dallas ( - brachypterous). Spinola described ihe longwinge«I 

 form of this interesting Dinidorine in 1850 ; two years later Dallas 

 described the short-winged fcrm as Ate/idrs centrolineatus, unaware of 

 S|)inola's work. Since then, so little has been kn<iwn of the sj)ecies, that 

 Stal wrote (1867, O. V. A. F., XXIV, 522), " hemclytris absque 

 abbrevi.itis (an semper ?;.' In the '* Fauna of India," Rh., I, 288-9 

 (1902), Mr. Distant described and figured the long-winged fi)rm under 

 Dallas's name (also querying Spinola's name), but omitted any mention of 

 the other form. Pterygopolymorphism is so unusual in the Cimicid» that 

 a longer notice was merited. 



Unfortunately, I do not possess specimens of the long-winged form, 

 but as I have a pair of the short winged form, from Upper Tong-kong 

 (Riviere Claire), a few notes may be worth while. 



These short-winged examples have a remarkable nymph-like appear- 

 ance, particularly in the rather widely laminate lateral margins of the 

 pronotum, although I susi)ect that these are not so thin as in the nymphs, 

 and I do not know whether there is any difference in this between the 

 two adult forms. My female agrees very well with Dallas's figure, except 

 that in the latter the sutures of the tergites are not represented as 

 sutificiently oblique laterally. The male is shorter in proportion, and the 

 tegmina are a little longer, extending to the basal-most curve of the apical 

 margin of the 4th tcrgite. The wings are exceedingly short, with greatly 

 reduced venation. I hope to represent the male pygopher in a future 

 communication. 



Mrgvmf.num dkntatu.m, lioisduval. Papua, P'ak-fak. 



AsPONGOPUS viDUATUs, var. uuicolor (H. S.). Khartum. 



(ioNOPSis pAi.LF-SCRNs, Distant. S. India, Madura. 



LvKAMOKPHA SOROR, Ikcddiu. Papua, I'ak fak. 



KuROSTis VALinu.s, Dallas. Tong-king. The parts mentioned by 

 Dallas as black arc dark green in the above (except the antennn;;, and as 

 violet are bright metallic green. 



I'amolia kAMiFKRA (Walker). Horv.-hh writes (1900, Termcsz. 

 Fiizet, XXIII, 365), that his redescription of this species is taken from an 



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