NOTES ON SOME SlNMALIvSE IlEMIPTEl^A 



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The following notes refer to a small collection ot Uemiptera made 

 in Ceylon by my fdend Mr. Bainbrigge I'^lktciier, R. N., wliile 

 collecting for himself in another Order. 



As I Linderstand that Mr. Distant will shortly publish ttie 4 th. 

 vohime of the Hemiplern ot the Faïaui of India, 1 hâve postponed 

 the considération of the Cicddoidcae. 



I now enumei'ate bOspecies, of which 6 are new 0) to Ceylon, and 

 5 others (as well as one variety), appai'ently new to Science. 



Of the localities mentioned : 



Bentola is a little north of Galle ; 



Galle is ahnost at the extrême south of the Island ; 



Kandy is in the centre of the Island ; 



Oop'xli estale is near Trinkomali ; 



Peradeniya is in the South-Central Mountains ; 



Sober Island is near Trinkomali ; 



Ti'inkoinali is on the Eastern Coast. 



1. Sciocoris Lew/si var. — Oopah, .lune 16, 1907. 

 2.* Eysarcoris niontivagus. — Galle, Apr. lo, 1907. 

 8. Stenozy</uiuspec/osu))i. — Oopah, .Tune IG, 1907. 



4. Plautia viridicollis. — Oopah, Jnne 7, 1907. 



5. Macroscytus tmiisversas. — Oopah, Jnne 17, 1907; Trinkomali, 

 .lune 19, 1907 ; Sober Is., .Time 10, 1907. 



In one spécimen of this, the liind leg is rudimentary, not being 

 as long as the opposite femora. The tarsus seems absent, and tbe 

 tibia, instead of being strongly bristly, is smooth, except near the 

 apex, where there are a few short bristles. The leg is ambercolonred, 

 instead of piceous. 



6. Chvysocoris stockevus. — Trinkomali, Dec. 1906 ; Peradeniya, 

 1600 ft., May 15, 1906 ; Dodandnwa, Apr. 8, 1907. 



7. Coplosoma sp. nov. (near assatuensis). — Oopah, ,Iune 17, 1907. 



8. A)ioplocnemis phasiana. — Trinkomali, .Inly 10, 1907. 



9. Leptocoris aiigur. — Trinkomali, June 30, 1907. 



(1) * = Species new to tlie Sinlialese fauua. 



