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ceous, with their apices and bases narrowly piceous, tarsi piceous ; 

 antennae moderately stout, first and second joints about equal in 

 length, fourth about as long as first and second united ; pronotum 

 prominently palely tricarinate, the lateral margins also carinate ; of 

 the three discal cariuations, the outermost are only slightly curved, 

 and a little inwardly turned towards base, the interspaces rugulose and 

 finely punctate ; elytra long, constricted behind the middle, rounded 

 at apex ; costal area with small, distinct, subhyaline, creamy-white 

 areolets, their dividing lines fuscous ; sutural area with an apical 

 cluster of creamy-white areolets. Long. 3^ to 4 millim. 



Hah. Honolulu, Oaku (J. Kotinsky). 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND NOMENCLATOEIAL NOTES 

 ON THE EHYNCHOTA. 



By G. W. Kirkaldy. 



In the 'Entomologist' for December (p. 274), Mr. Distant 

 comments upon certain hemipterous genera recently discussed 

 nomenclatorially by me. 



The review in ' Nature ' of July 5th (Ixxiv. p. 220) was the 

 first intimation I received that the third volume of Mr. Distant's 

 work on Indian Hemiptera had been published. The sixth of 

 my bibliographical notes (Entom. 1906, pp. 247-9) was sent 

 away before that, and as, in the ' Entomologist ' for January, 

 1906 (p. 8), Mr. Distant had proposed names for certain pre- 

 occupied genera (in tlie Fulgoroidea) erected b}' Melichar in 1903, 

 I naturally concluded that the English author had overlooked 

 the preoccupation of " Kirbya,'' about which I had, indeed, 

 written to Melichar in 1904. As it was, I wrote to the Editor, 

 hoping to cancel it, but was too late.' My synonymic note on 

 Coanaco was also despatched before Mr. Distant's correction was 

 published. These matters are, of course, of trivial importance, 

 and, indeed, inevitable where two or more workers are traversing 

 parts of the same ground. 



The discarding of Opinus (even if possible, which I do not 

 admit) would not render Sminthocoris valid, as Tapeinus would 

 still be available. 



I was quite aware of the existence of Penthicodes, which is a 

 strict synonym of Aphcsiia. It was not founded for a special 

 type, but expressly to replace the preoccupied Penthicus, which 

 also was expressly erected to replace Aphcena, which was sup- 

 posed to be preoccupied by Aphanus. The types of AphcBiia, 

 Penthicus, and Penthicodes are therefore one and the same, as 

 indicated already. 



