1918.] C. A. Paiva : Rhynchota from Barkuda 1. 9 



Recorded from Benoal : Port Canning, Dhappa, near Calcutta, 

 Rajshahi. Orissa : Sur Lake, Puri district. United Provinces : Naini 

 Tal, Kumaon. Burma : Moulmein. Ceylon. Represented in the col- 

 lection of the Zoological Survey of India from Bengal : Calcutta, Dhappa, 

 Port Canning, Rajshahi, Berhampore Court. United Provinces : Naini 

 Tal 6,400 ft.*, Malwa Tal. 3,600 ft.. Sat Tal, 4,500 ft., Bhim Tal, 4,450 ft., 

 and Kathgodam, 1,200 ft., all in Kumaon. Orissa : Bhubaneswar, 

 Barkul, Sur Lake, Puri district. Madras : on surface of Chilka Lake, 

 among rocks at edge of Chilka Lake, base of Ganta Sila hill near 

 Rambha. 



Family REDUVIIDAE. 



[All the members of this family found on the island are apparently 

 of terrestrial habits and probably predaceous. None of them, however, 

 are at all common, and in most cases only single specimens were cap- 

 tured.] 



Bagauda splendens, Dist. 



1906. Bagauda splendens. Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) XVIII, p. 364. 



1909. Bagauda decorus, Breddin, A7in. Soc. Eyit. Belg. 1909, p. 301. 



1910. Bagauda splendens. Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. V (Appendix), p. 176. 



Barkuda, 15 — 22-vii-16, 25-vii — 4-viii-17. 



Recorded only from Ceylon and not previously represented in the 

 collection of the Zoological Survey of India. 



[This species lives amongst vegetation at the edge of water.] 



Petalochirus burmanus, Dist. 



1903. Petalochirus burmanus. Distant, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1903, p. 55. 



1904. Petalochirus burmanus, Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhyn. II, p. 242. 



Barkuda, 15-22-vii-16. 



Recorded from Burma, Bhamo, and not previously represented in 

 the collection of the Zoological Survey of India. 



Acanthaspis fulvipes (Dall.) 



1850. Platymeris fulvipes, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1850, p. 6, pi. ii, fig. 3. 

 1863. Acanthaspis fulvipes, Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1863, p. 149. 

 1873. Acanthaspis quadrinotata. Walker, Cat. Het. VII, p. 175. 



? Acanthaspis quadristillatus, Stal, MS. 

 1902. Acanthaspis fulvipes. Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) X, p. 183. 

 1904. Acanthaspis fulvipes. Distant, Faun. Brit. ind. Ryhn. II, p. 259. 



Barkuda, at light, 19-vii-14 and 15-22-vii-16. 



Recorded from Bhutan ; Sikkim ; Sibsagar, Assam ; East Bengal ; 

 and represented in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India from 

 Bengal : Rangamati, Chittagong Hill Tracts ; Darjiling district : Sukna, 

 500 ft., Sevoke, in stable at Kalijhora, Teesta Valley. Chota Nagpur : 

 Ranchi. Assam : Cachar and Sibsagar. 



On the 19th of September, 1916 the Rev. Dr. Sutherland of Kalim- 

 pong gave us a larva of a Reduviid bug covered all over with dust and 

 dirt, which he had caught crawling about the floor of a stable at Kali- 

 jhora, on the Teesta-Kalimpong Road. It was kept alive in a breed- 

 ing cage, being fed occasionally with small flies, chiefly Muscids. On 

 the 1st of November it cast its skin. This probably took place during 



