92 APPENDIX. PTRRHOCORID^. 



fourth slightly shorter than third ; head impuuctate, the ocelli 

 at base aud near eyes ; pronotum with the anterior lobe tumid, im- 

 punctate, the lateral margins moderately convex and narrowing 

 to head, posterior lobe sparingly coarsely punctate ; scutellum 

 sparingly finely punctate ; anterior femora incrassate, finely 

 spined beneath, the anterior tibiae moderately curved and strongly 

 inwardly ampliated at apices ; membrane slightly passing the 

 abdominal apex ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae. 



Lengtli 6-7 millim. 



Hah. Calcutta. 



Differing from O. tyjms, Dist. (vol. ii, p. 9c5), by the spinous 

 anterior femora and the more dilated apices of the anterior tibiae, 

 different colour of the legs, &c. 



This species was taken at light in November 1907. 



Family PYRRHOCORIDyE. (Vol. II, p. 94.) 



In this family some taxonomical corrections are made. Breddin 

 has written on the Ceylonese Pyrrhocoridfe, and his paper thereon 

 is fully referred to in the following pages, though most of his 

 generic and specific suggestions cannot be accepted by the present 

 writer. 



Subfamily LARGIN^. (Vol. II, p. 94.) 



Genus RHODOCLIA. 

 E,hodoclia, Dist. Entomolocjut, 1909, p. 58. 



Type, -R. convictionis, Dist. 



Distribution. At present only recorded from the Nilgiri Hills. 



Head broad and convex, a little more anteriorly produced in 

 male than in female, the postocular longer than the anteocular 

 area, strongly constricted at base, slightly longitudinally incised on 

 centre of disk, the apex subangularly produced in front of the 

 insertion of the antennae, eyes of moderate size and rounded ; 

 antennae long, longer than the body, first joint longer than either 

 the second or third which are subequal in length, fourth longest, 

 moderately thickened and a little curved ; rostrum passing the 

 intermediate coxae, first joint thickened and about I'eaching eyes, 

 second longest ; pronotum short, ai'med with a long horizontal or 

 slightly backwardly directed slender spine on each side ; hemelytra 

 more or less rudimentary, more developed in the male than in the 

 female ; abdomen short and broad, pedunculate at base ; legs long 

 aud slender, basal and apical joints of tarsi about equally long, 

 tibiae distinctly longer than the femora. 



When I first described this genus it was from a few rather 



