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  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant's 
  Uhjncliotal 
  Notes. 
  

  

  XV. 
  — 
  RIn/nchotal 
  Notes. 
  By 
  W. 
  L. 
  DISTANT. 
  

  

  Heteroptera. 
  

   Fam. 
  Pentatomidae. 
  

   Cryplacrus 
  comes. 
  

  

  Tetyra 
  comes, 
  Fabr. 
  Svst. 
  Rliyng. 
  p. 
  130 
  (1803). 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  variable 
  species. 
  In 
  Etit. 
  Month. 
  ]\rag. 
  

   (xiv. 
  p. 
  75, 
  1877) 
  I 
  enumerated 
  the 
  varieties 
  then 
  known, 
  

   denotint^ 
  these 
  forms 
  under 
  diflferent 
  letters 
  only. 
  One 
  of 
  

   these 
  has, 
  however, 
  been 
  given 
  a 
  distinct 
  varietal 
  name 
  by 
  

   Horvath, 
  while 
  other 
  writers 
  have 
  followed 
  the 
  same 
  method 
  

   in 
  describing 
  varieties 
  of 
  species 
  in 
  allied 
  genera 
  ; 
  I 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  follow 
  that 
  course. 
  

  

  entehhetisis, 
  var. 
  n. 
  

  

  Uniformly 
  dark 
  violaceous 
  or 
  olivaceous 
  above, 
  as 
  in 
  var. 
  

   2?rincei'S, 
  Horv., 
  but 
  the 
  scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  broad, 
  subniiical, 
  

   angulated, 
  transverse, 
  ochraceous 
  fascia; 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  

   of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  transverse 
  discal 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  of 
  scutellum 
  also 
  ochraceous. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Uganda; 
  Entebbe 
  (C. 
  G. 
  Gowdexj). 
  

  

  apioalis, 
  var. 
  n. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  variety 
  entehhensis, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  ochraceous 
  or 
  testaceous 
  and 
  the 
  discal 
  

   scutellar 
  markings 
  absent. 
  

  

  H,ib. 
  Nyasaland 
  ; 
  Melanji 
  Boma, 
  2400 
  ft. 
  {S. 
  A. 
  Neave). 
  

   Also 
  received 
  from 
  Gazaland, 
  Mt, 
  Chirinda 
  {C. 
  F. 
  M. 
  Sioijn- 
  

   nerton) 
  ; 
  Zomba 
  [A. 
  Whyte), 
  and 
  from 
  Utonda. 
  

  

  A 
  noplogon 
  ius 
  nigricoUis. 
  

  

  Choerocoris 
  tiir/ricolHs, 
  Sign, 
  in 
  Tlionis. 
  Arch. 
  Ent. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  270, 
  pi. 
  xi. 
  

   fig. 
  1 
  (1858). 
  

  

  uniformis, 
  var. 
  n. 
  

  

  Cfi/ptacrus 
  nigricoUis, 
  var. 
  e, 
  Dist, 
  Ent. 
  Montb, 
  Mag. 
  xiv. 
  p. 
  76 
  (1877). 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Uganda; 
  Entebbe 
  (A. 
  G. 
  Wiggins) 
  ; 
  Bugotna 
  Forest, 
  

   Unyoro, 
  3700 
  ft., 
  Buamba 
  Forest, 
  Semliki 
  Valley, 
  2300- 
  

   2m) 
  ft., 
  Daro 
  or 
  Durro 
  Forest, 
  Toro, 
  4000-4.500 
  ft., 
  Bun- 
  

   dongo 
  Forest, 
  Unyoro, 
  3400 
  ft. 
  (»S'. 
  A. 
  Neave). 
  Originally 
  

   received 
  from 
  West 
  Africa 
  ; 
  Muniro-ma-lobah. 
  

  

  