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badly preserved spirit specimens, but Mr. Pocock who placed them 

 in my hands desired an identification for reference in a paper he 

 was preparing on some mimicking insects. On this imperfect 

 material I considered the taxonomical location to be with the 

 Capsidse. Subsequently, however, he gave me more material (from 

 which the figures have been produced), and I now consider that the 

 genus is to be placed in the Pyrrhocoridce, allied to the Ethiopian 

 genera Myrmoplasta, GJ-erst., and Megapetus, Dist. 



2867. Rhodoclia convictionis, Dist. Entomologist,, 1909, p. 59. 



Head, pronotum, scutelluui, and hemelytra piceous-brown ; 

 head with a pale ochraceous line extending centrally and perpen- 

 dicularlv for a short distance from base, and then curved and 



Fig. 44. Rhodoclia convictionis. 



diverging on each side to the anterior margins of eyes ; scutellum 

 with a central pale longitudinal line ; abdomen greyish ochraceous ; 

 head beneath, sternum, rostrum, and legs pale brownish ochraceous ; 

 the pedunculate base of abdomen centrally piceous, with the lateral 

 margins greyish ; legs and antennae thinly spinously hirsute, the 

 head also margined with pale long hairs. 



Length, d" 6 to 8, 5| to 6 millim. 



Hub. Nilgiri Hills ; Barwood Estate (H. Leslie Andrews). 



