eeu.) 
Il. Further observations on the Tea-bugs (Helopeltis) of 
India. By Cuartes Owen Warernovse, F.W.S. 
[Read Dee. 6th, 1893.] 
In the year 1886, I read before this Society some 
descriptions and observations on the genus LHelopeltis 
(Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1886, p. 457), and in 1888 I 
supplemented this by the description of another species 
(Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 207). Until quite 
recently I had only seen a single female example of 
Helopeltis theivora. Iam glad to say the British Museum 
has now received a fair series of this species, with both 
sexes, and I can therefore give a description of the male. 
Helopeltis theivora. 
¢. Black. Front of the head very pale yellow on each side. 
Antenne black, or nearly so, the basal joint obscure fusco-testa- 
ceous mottled with brown, very pale yellow at the extreme base. 
Temora nearly black, mottled with fuscous-testaceous, with a 
pale ring at the base. Tibiz nearly black, mottled with fuscous- 
testaceous. Scutellar horn about as long as the length of the 
pronotum, very distinctly curved, with the usual cup-shaped 
enlargement at the apex. Some examples show a little yellow at 
the base. Length 23 lines. 
From this description it will be seen that the male 
differs chiefly from the female in having the pronotum 
black. The antennz and legs are also darker, and the 
whole insect is more slender than the female. The 
scutellar horn is a trifle shorter and a little less curved 
than in the female. 
Many of the females have the dark brown at the 
base of the pronotum extending across the whole base. 
The following is an extract from the letter from Mr. 
Frank Austen, who sent the specimens. It is dated 
from Sylhet, July 1893 :— 
‘The other day I sent you, per parcel post, a small 
box, containing a bottle in which are specimens of what, 
in the tea districts at any rate, is known as mosquito 
blight. It is to be found in many of the low-lying 
TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1894.—Parr i. (MARCH.) 
