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j\Ir. W. L. Distaiit's Rhjnchotal Notes. 



XV. — Uhynchotal Notes. By W. L. DISTANT. 



Heteroptera. 

 Fara. Pentatoinidge. 

 Crypfacrus comes. 



Tetyra cotnes, Fabr? Syst. Rhyng. p. 130 (1803). 



This is a very variable species. In Eiit. Montli. Mag. 

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

 denoting these forms under different letters only. One of 

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

 Horvdth, while other writers have followed the same method 

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

 fore follow that course. 



entehhensis, var. n. 



Uniformly dark violaceous or olivaceous above, as in var. 

 jn'iiice/'S, liorv., but the scutellum with a broad, subfipical, 

 angnhited, transverse, ochraceous fascia ; the lateral margins 

 of the pronotum and a narrow transverse discal spot on each 

 side of scutellum also ochraceous. 



flub. Uganda; Entebbe (C. C. Ooiodei/). 



ajncalis, var. n. 



Allied to the ])receding variety entehhends, but with the 

 apex of the scutellum ochraceous or testaceous and the discal 

 scutellar markings absent. 



ILih. Nyasaland ; IMelaiiji Boma, 2400 (t. {S. A. Neave). 

 Also received from Grazalaiid, 31t. Ciiirinda {€. F. M. Swyn- 

 nerlon) ; Zomlja {A. Whyte), and from Utonda. 



A noplogonius nigrlcoUis. 



Choerocoris iiif/ricollis, Sign, in Thorn.?. Arcli. En(. ii. p. 270, pi. xi. 

 fig. 1 (1858;. 



uniformis, var. n. 



Cryptacrus niyricoUis, var. e, Dist. Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 7G (1877). 



IJah. Uganda; Entebbe (^. C. Wtf/gins) ; Bugoina Forest, 

 Unyoro. ;}700 ft., Buamba Forest, Semliki Valley, 2300- 

 2«60 ft.', Daro or Durro Forest, Toro, 4000-4r)00 ft., Bun- 

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

 received from West Africa ; Mongo-ma-lobali. 



