342 t Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy's Memoir on the 



Family NEPIDiE. 



Genus Ranatra, Fabricius. 



Ranatra, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng, p. 108. 



Cercotmctus, Amyot and Serville, Hist. Hem., p. 441. 



Practically cosmopolitan. 



Ranatra parmata, Mayr. 



Ranatra (Cercotmetus) parmata, Mayr., Nuvara Reise, p. 

 192 ; Fab. V, f. 60. 



Hab. Java, Tjibodas ( Willey). 



Family ARADIDiE. 

 Genus Brachyriiynchus, Lap. 

 Brachyrhynchus, Laporte, Essai, p. 54. 

 Almost world-wide in distribution. 



Brachyrhynchus tagalicus, Stal. 

 Arictus tagalicus, Stal., 1870, O. V. A. P., p. 672. 



Hab. Birara ( Willey), also recorded from Philippines, 

 Burma, Java and Nias Island. 



Brachyrhynchus membranaceus, Fabr., var. 

 Brachyrhynchus orientalis, Laporte. 



Aradus membranaceus, Fabr., 1803, Syst. Rhyng, p. 118. 

 Var. Brachyriiynchus orientalis, Lap. 



Hab. Birara ( Willey) ; also recorded from South 

 Oriental region, New Guinea, Vanikoro, etc. 



Genus Neuroctenus, Fieber. 



Neuroctenus, Fieber, 1861, Europ. Hem., p. 34. 



Similar distribution to Brachyrhynchus, except the 

 Palseavctic Region. 



Neuroctenus, sp. (?). 

 Two specimens in indifferent condition ( Willey) 



