1918.] C. A, Paiva : Rhynchota from Barkuda I. 5 



the insect is viewed from the side, as the dilatation is vertical. In the 

 earlier stages the insect is of a very pale colour, with only a few brown 

 markings on its dorsal surface ; the dilatation of the 3rd joint of the 

 antennae does not become apparent till about the last but one moult. 



It has been recorded from North Bengal ; Khasi Hills ; Bombay ; 

 Poona ; and Ceylon. It was not previously represented in the collection 

 of the Zoological Survey of India. 



Homoeocerus albiguttulus, Stal. 



1873. Homoeocerus albiguttulus, Stal, JSn. Hem. Ill, p. 61. 



1902. Homoeocerus albiguttulus. Distant, Faun. Brit. hid. Rhijn. I, p. 301. 



Barkuda, 25-vii — 4-viii-17. 



I have compared the only specimen from Barkuda with some speci- 

 mens of this species in the collection which have been identified by 

 Distant and I find they agree almost exactly in structure. The only 

 very marked difference is the size of the pale luteous spot at the inner 

 angle of the corium, which in the typical form is transverse and broadly 

 margined posteriorly with piceous, while in the Barkuda specimen it is 

 much smaller, being confined to the subquadrate cell of the corium, and 

 without any piceous margin posteriorly. Antennae pale ochraceous with 

 the basal joint greenish ochraceous and the apical half of the distal joint 

 faintly brownish ochraceous. Apical area of the head also tinged with 

 green. Pronotum thickly covered with minute brown punctures, those 

 near the margins being smaller and paler ; the anterior and lateral margins 

 greenish, the posterior margin pale ochraceous, impunctate, and the 

 posterior pronotal area obscurely transversely striate. Scutellum 

 ochraceous, rugosely, transversely striate, sparingly punctured, its 

 apex pale and impunctate. Hemelytra. ochraceous with the punctures 

 on the clavus arranged almost in regular lines. Underside greenish 

 ochraceous. Length 19 mm., breadth 5 mm. The green colouration in 

 specimens of this genus invariably fades, becoming pale yellow or ochra- 

 ceous. 



Recorded from Sikkim ; Khasi Hills ; Sibsagar ; Burma ; Ruby 



Mines, Karen-ni, and Palon. The type was described from Cochin China ; 



Mr. Distant possesses specimens from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 



The specimens in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India 



are from Sikkim ; Arakan ; Sibsagar ; and Soondrijal, Nepal Valley. 



Pendulinus antennatus (Kirby). 



1891. Homoeocerus antennatus, Kirby, .Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. XXI\ , p. 90, 



pi. iv, f. 6. 

 1902. Pendulinus antennatus, Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Kliyn. I, p. 389. 



Barkuda, 25-vii — ;4-viii-17. 



A specimen of this species in the collection of the Zoological Survey 

 of India from Kandy, Ceylon, is identical with the Barkuda specimen, 

 but as members of this genus also have a tendency to lose their natural 

 colour, if preserved dry for any length of time, a few remarks may be 

 made on the colouration of a comparatively fresh specimen. The first, 

 second and third joints of the antennae are olivaceous green, thickly 

 covered with numerous minute black dots, the " ring " at the base of the 



