1909.] H. Maxwell-Lefroy : Insects of Tirhut. 309 



39. Eusarcocoris ventralis, Westw. 



Pusa. 3-iii-05 — 30-ix-o6 — x-06 — •28-xi-04 — io-iv-07 — 8-xi-05 — 

 viii-04. 



Chapra. 20-X-04, 



Muzaffarpur. 15-X-04. 



Surat. i9-viii-04— 17-1-04. 



Khasis. 17-111-07. 



The Fauna Includes Calcutta, Bangalore, Ranchi, Bombay, 

 Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



This is a tropical species ; compare with E. montivagtis , Dist,, 

 the very distinct hill form of the Himalayas, found from Assam 

 hills to Mussoorie. 



40. Eusarcocoris duhius, Dall. 



Pusa. 29-ix-o6 — i2-viii-05 — 2i-ix-o8. 



The Fauna records Tenasserim and Berhampore (? in Bengal). 

 I am a little doubtful of the identification but believe all 

 mine to be this tropical species. 



41. Plautia fimbriata, Fabr. 



Pusa. 26-iii-o6 — 27-V-06 — i4-vi-o6 — 5-vi-07 — 30-vii-o8 — 4-vii-07. 



Surat. 26-1-04. 



Arrah. i9-iii-o8. 



In the Fauna, a wide tropical and sub-tropical distribution in 

 India, and also in Malaya, China and Japan. The Pusa dates 

 imply nothing more than the fact that, like other bugs found on 

 plants, they are commonl}^ caught in those months because all 

 crowd on to the small irrigated crops and are seen, when they are 

 unnoticed later in the more abundant herbage. 



42. Antestia cruciata, Fabr. 



Pusa. i8-iii-o6. 



Nagpur. 6-vi-05. 



Kasauli. 6-V-08. 



Matheran. iv-o8. 



Igatpuri. iii-08. 



Nilgiris. vii-05. 



The Fauna records Sikhim, Calcutta, Bombay, Nilgiris, 

 Ceylon, Tenasserim, Malay Archipelago. 



A species well known to feed on fruit, peaches, plums and 

 coffee-berries ; it is an abundant sub-tropical species, but is found 

 sporadically in the plains ; possibly the occurrence of fruit orchards 

 or wild fruiting bushes such as ber {Zizyphus jujuba) affect its 

 occurrence. 



43. A pines concinna, Dall. 



Pusa. i-v-07 — vi-07. 



The Fauna gives Hardwar, Bombay. A rare tropical species. 



