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VIII. Additional observations on the Tea-bugs (Helopeltis) 
of Java. By Cuarues O. Waternovuss, F.E.S. 
[Read April 4th, 1888.] 
Some eighteen months ago I communicated to this 
Society some notes on the tea-pests (Trans. Ent. Soc. 
Lond., 1886, p. 457). At that time I had not seen 
specimens from the tea-plants in Java, and only 
surmised that these would prove to be distinct from 
those infesting the cinchona. By the kindness of 
Mr. H. B. Brady I am now able to exhibit a series of 
specimens from the tea-plantations in Java, sent by 
Mr. H. van Romunde for examination. They belong 
to a distinct species, as I thought would be the case, 
and I propose to call it 
Helopeltis Romundet. 
3S. Black and shining; legs pale dirty yellowish, mottled with 
light brown. Scutellar spine pale dirty brown, pale yellow at 
the base, formed as in H. Bradyi, very little curved, slender. 
Abdomen with a narrow line of yellow at the sides of the basal 
segments. Legs much paler than in H. Bradyi. 
@. Pronotum red, with a dusky line near the front margin. 
Scutellar spine longer than in the male, and distinctly curved; 
a character in which it differs from both H. Bradyi and Antonii. 
Abdomen with more yellow at the sides. The rest as in the male. 
The scutellar spine, although a little longer than in 
HI, Bradyi and Antoni, is much shorter than in H. 
theivora, and is less curved than in this last species. 
This subject is of considerable interest, as the species 
infesting the cinchona in Java was supposed to have 
been introduced from Ceylon in tea. I have now, how- 
ever, shown that the species on the tea and on the 
cinchona in Java are distinct, and both are distinct 
from IT. Antonit from Ceylon. There is, however, one 
point to be corrected. Mr. Trimen, from whom I 
received the specimens referred to in my first paper 
as from Ceylon, informs me that he took them from 
cacao, and not from tea. 
TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1888.—parr it. (JUNE.) Q‘ 
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