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patanus. Smith, in a very striking manner, especially when its 

 wings are spread out. It also resembles the boring bee Xylocopa 

 fenestraia Fabr., not in form and size but in colour. Mr. Gahan 

 records it from North India, Burma, Java. The specimen in 

 the Indian Museum Collection was obtained in Calcutta in 1905. 



C. A. Paiva. 



Notes on some Indian Hemiptera. — Dr. N. Annandale, dur- 

 ing a recent visit to Simla, obtained one specimen oi Bagrada picta, 

 Fabr., at Theog, 8,000 feet, Simla hills, on the 2nd May 1907. 

 He states that it is rather scarce in the Simla district. A few 

 specimens were found by the collector who accompanied him, at 

 Dharampur (5,000 feet) in the same district and month. Mr. 

 Hodgart obtained one specimen at Nagla in the Naini Tal district 

 in March 1907. It appears to be found all over India. 



On April 28th a specimen of Palomena renteri, Dist., was found 

 b}^ Dr. N. x\nnandale feeding on a Poplar tree at Matiana, 8,000 

 feet, Simla hills. 



The only specimen now in the Indian Museum Collection of 

 Lelia octopimctata , Dall., was obtained b}' Dr. N. Annandale at 

 3Iatiana, 8,000 feet, Simla hills, on the 30th April 1907. It has 

 been hitherto recorded from Bhutan {British Museum) and the 

 Khasi Hills {Chennell). 



One specimen of Mictis macra, Stal., which has hitherto been 

 represented in the Indian Museum Collection b}' five specimens from 

 ^lergui, was obtained by ]\Ir. R Hodgart at Phularia, Nepal Terai, 

 in May 1907. Mr. Distant, in his volume on the Rhynchota in the 

 Fauna of British India, records it from S3ihet {Stockholm Museum) 

 and mentions that it is also found in the Malay Peninsula. It ap- 

 pears to be rather rare in India. 



In March 1907 quite a number of specimens of Clavigralla 

 gibbosa, Spin., were brought to the ^Museum by the Museum Collector. 

 This species seems to abound on a plant which Mr. I. H. Burkill 

 has identified as the composite herb Blumea wightiana, DC. Cla- 

 vigralla gibbosa is recorded by Mr. Distant from Bombay {Distant 

 Collection) ; Bangalore {Cameron) ; Tenasserim, Myitta {Doherty). 

 Mr. R. Hodgart collected a specimen at Bijaura, Nepal Terai, in 

 May 1907. It is apparently widel}^ distributed. 



Several specimens of Lygceus equestris, Linn., from Murree, 

 Punjab, are in the ]\Iuseum Collection. Dr. N. Annandale found 

 it very common on bare and grass}- hillsides in the Simla district, 

 above 7,000 feet. It is very active on the wing. The specimens 

 obtained b}' Dr. Annandale are from Theog, 8,000 feet (27th April 

 1907), and Matiana, 8,000 feet (28th April 1907). 



Macropes dilntits, Dist., was hitherto unrepresented in the 

 Indian Museum Collection, but in January 1907 Mr. R. Hodgart 

 obtained three specimens at Bijnor, United Provinces. This 

 appears to be the onh' definite locality in India proper from which 

 the species has yet been recorded. Mr. Distant records it from 

 "North India" {Distant Collection); Burma: Bhamo (Fea). 



