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yellow hairs project between the eyes. Palpi with l)lackish, some- 

 what outstanding scales and bristles. Proboscis with similar coloured 

 closely appressed scales. Disc of thorax covered with blackish-purple 

 spindle-shaped scales, lateral and posterior margins with yellow 

 scales, whicli are most numerous on the anterior half of the meso- 

 notum, where they form a more or less distinct lateral spot. Pro- 

 thoracic lobes with a few cream-coloured scales and black hairs. 

 Anterior and posterior femora, except for their apices and the pos- 

 terior side, and tlie middle femora except for its apex, golden yellow. 

 Coxae with cream-coloured scales. Hind legs without very densely 

 outstanding scales. Fourth hind tarsus white, last hind tarsus dark. 

 Wings dusky brown, with brown scales and veins. Hind cross- 

 vein not less than its length from small cross-vein. Abdomen with 

 white scales on the first segment and hind angles of all the other 

 segments except the last one, reddish-purple scales on second seg- 

 ment, and dark purple on all remaining segments. Under side of all 

 segments except the last with apical bands of white scales. First 

 two segments golden yellow, wnth white scales all over. Length, 

 5"5 mm. 



Habitat. — Pueto Max, Paraguay. 



Season when found, January to April. Taken by Verz6nyi 

 in 1905. Described from a single female. 



Differs from Janthinosoma varipes (Coquillett) in that the 

 disc of the thorax is entirely covered with dark scales. 



South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye. 



EHYNCHOTA INDICA (HETEROPTERA). 

 By W. L. Distant. 



Fam. BERYTID^. 



Hiibertiella cardamomi. Kirk., J. Bombay N. H. See. xiv. 

 p. 303, pi. A, f. 16, pi. C, f. 5 (1902) ; Dist. Faun. Brit. Ind. 

 Rhynch. i. p. 424, f. 249 (1902). 



Mr. E. E. Green has sent me varietal specimens of this 

 species in which the two dark spots on the posterior pronotal lobe 

 are almost or entirely obliterated. These specimens were taken 

 from Strohilanthus sp., so that the species is seen to be not 

 entirely confined to Elettaria cardamomum. 



Fam. TINGIDID^. 



Genus Serenthia. 

 Serenthia, Spin. Ess. p. 168 (1837). Type, S. atricapilla, Spin. 



Serenthia carinata, sp. n. 

 Head black, a little elevated i^etween the eyes ; antennas brownish 

 ochraceous, fourth joint apically black, first and second joints short, 



