240 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



specimen a grave risk for its safety. L. 2"8 mm. ; lat. hum. 

 circ. 1"6 mm. 



Canara K. (India). Types, male and female, Hope Mus. 

 Oxon. ; another specimen in the same museum from Ceylon 

 (Thwaites, 1872), I refer to this species. 



2. SiGARA SIVA, nom. nov., for 



Sigara striata, Fieb., Abh. k. bohm. Ges. Wiss. (v.), 3, p. 

 292, Taf. 1, f. 22-4, 1844. 

 Preoccupied by Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iv. p. 60, 1794 [which 

 equals Corixa geofroyi, Leach — typum vidi] . 



3. SiGAEA M-NOTATA, llOm. nOV., foT 



Sigara lineata, Fieb. I.e., 293, Taf. 1, ff. 20 and 25, preocc. 

 Fab., I.e., p. 59. 



4. The description of Corixa albifrons, Motsch., Bull. Moscou 

 xxxvi. pt. 2, p. 94 (1863), is clearly that of a Sigara, but the too 

 few structural characters given do not agree with any species 

 known to me. In the absence of the type, or of specimens 

 entirely agreeing with the description, the species must, for the 

 present at least, remain doubtful. 



Six Sigara have been now described from the Oriental region, 

 viz. albifrons (Motsch.), grisca, Fieb., m-notata {=.lineata, Fieb.), 

 ovivora (Westw.), punctata, Fieb., and siva {= striata, Fieb.). 

 These doubtless require revision. On the other hand, we cannot 

 doubt but that an increase of interest in these small bugs will 

 result in very many more being made known ; and I take this 

 opportunity of asking for material (Oriental or otherwise) in two 

 of the aquatic families of Rhynchota — Corixidas and Notonectidse. 



Sanuiiary. 



1. Corixa ovivora, Westw., is a Sigara. 



2. Sigara siva, nom. nov. for striata, Fieb. (nee. Fab.). 



3. S. m-notata, nom. nov. for lineata, Fieb. (nee. Fab.). 



4. Corixa albifrons, Motsch., is a Sigara '? sp. 



BUTTERFLY HUNTING IN THE HIMALAYAS. 

 By W. Haecourt-Bath. 



To one only accustomed to collecting in Europe, the Hima- 

 layas constitute a wonderfully exciting field for research and 

 exploration, especially to the student of entomology. The region 

 in which I am travelling at the present time, namely, the eastern 

 portion of this vast chain, is without doubt the richest of any for 



