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A NEW INDIAN BED-BUG: CLINOCORIS PERI8TERM, sv. nov. 

 BY THE HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.L.S. 



Closely allied to C. lecfnlarms and C. coluinharins, but abundantly 

 distinct from both. 



The relative leno-ths of the joints of the antennse are as follows : — ^ 12, 35, 

 37, 28 ; ? 13, 36, 39, 29. The present species thvxs resembles C. lectularius in 

 the third joint being longer than the second, and 0. columbarius in the third 

 joint being a third longer than the fourth. 



The eyes of C. peristerse are longer and wider than those of C. columharius, 

 measuring '18 ram. in length and -12 mm in width, those of C. columbarius being 

 •165 mm. long and "09 mm. wide. Explanate margins of the prothorax dis- 

 tinctly wider at the apex than obtains in C. columharius, being '24 mm. wide 

 instead of -18 mm. The scntellum resembles that of columbaritis, but the 

 hairs on it are twice as long as those of that species, measuring -06 mm. in 

 length. 



The relative lengths of the femora, tibiae and tarsi (incliiding claw) of the 

 hind leg are as follows: — 90, 105, 40; while in columbarius they are 85, 90, 35. 

 Length 2'65 mm. 



The colour of this species is brownish orange, and if not due to incomplete 

 chitinization is very characteristic of the species. 



All the examples of this interesting insect, some eighty in number, 

 were received from Mr. P. T. L. Dodsworth, taken from a pigeon-house 

 on the 12th of September, 1911, at Simla, N. W. Himalayas, India. 



Arundel House, 



Kensington Palace Gardens, 

 London : March, 1912. 



COERECTION OF IMPOSSIBLE NAMES. 

 BY THE RT. HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. 



Mr. Meyrick (ante pp. 32-6) has taken a bold course in re- 

 naming a number of species of Microlepidoptera described by 

 Mr. Kearfott under names which had no pretence to classical correct- 

 ness and which could not in any way be interpreted. A zoological 

 name should surely be invalid unless it means, or is at least intended 

 to mean something, and can therefore be translated, understood, and 

 possibly remembered in connection with the object described. What- 

 ever may be the finally accepted opinion as to the validity of his 

 substituted names according to inteniational rules of nomenclature, no 

 entomologist, however strong an adherent he may be to the hard 



