of some Hemiptera from Boutan. 9 



greyish hairs. Presternum with a longitudinal central furrow, in 

 which the point of the rostrum rests ; the interior of this furrow 

 is testaceous. Head beneath yellow in the centre, with the 

 margins bl ck ; smooth, shining, impunctate. Legs, rostrum and 

 antennae black ; legs and antennae clothed with numerous very fine 

 hairs. 



The fourth is the Eulyes amcena, Guer., which completes the 

 list of the terrestrial species. 



The two remaining species fall under the genus Ranatra, Fab. ; 

 the first, belonging to a section of that genus which has been sepa- 

 rated by Amyot and Serville under the name of Cercotmetus for the 

 reception of a Javanese species, their C. Asiaticus, I have named 



Sp. G. Ranatra (Cercotmetus) pilipes. (PI. II. fig. 6.) 



R. (C.) elongata, luteo-fusca, obscura ; capite tuberculo inter 

 oculos ; setis caudalibus brevibus, latis, compressis ; elytris 

 abdominis segmentum apicale non attingentibus, tibiis tarsis- 

 que 4 posticis interne pilis longis instructis. 



Long. corp. unc. 1|. 



Linear-elongate, yellowish brown, opaque. Head small, with a 

 tubercle on the vertex between the eyes. Elytra not reaching the 

 apex of the penultimate segment of the abdomen, with the coria- 

 ceous portion covered with very small hairy tubercles. Caudal 

 setae very short, not more than one-fourth the length of the body, 

 broad, compressed, and strongly pilose externally. Abdomen 

 beneath strongly keeled, the keel continued upwards along the 

 sternum, disappearing about the centre of the mesosternum ; 

 prosternum with two deep longitudinal furrows extending its 

 whole length. Legs somewhat robust and pilose ; anterior thighs 

 and tibiae very short ; intermediate and posterior tibiae and tarsi 

 furnished on the inner side with a double row of long yellow hairs. 



It is not without doubt, that I describe this species as new, 

 for although Amyot and Serville make no mention of the strong 

 fringes of hairs on the two posterior pairs of legs in the descrip- 

 tion of their species, I am inclined to think that this omission may 

 be the result of accident, perhaps of their specimens being in bad 

 condition. Their statement that the Ranatrce have " les j a tubes 

 frangees" can hardly be taken to convey the impression of such a 

 decided character as is exhibited in this species, the fringes in the 

 other species of Ranatra being very slight. It appears to me, 

 that the character is rather generic than specific, and tends to 

 confirm Amyot and Serville's separation of their genus Cercotmetus 



