224 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



and legs reddish brown, Pronotum and scutellum somewhat 

 tliickly and coarsely punctate. 



Long. 3 millim. 



Hub. Bengal, Lohar-daga [Atkinson Collection) . 



Six carded specimens are coiitained in the British Masenm. 



Genus Bl^na. 



BI(cna, Walk. Cat. Het. iii. p. 537 (1868). 



Macrhymenus, Sion. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, p. xvii; loc. cit. s^r. 6, 

 t. iii". p. 523 (1883). 



BIcena setosa. 



BI(Pna setosa, Walk. Cat. Het. iii. p. 538 (1868). 



Macrhymenus memhranaccus, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. s6r. 6, t. iii. 

 p. 523, pi. XV. f. 204 (1883). 



Genus Garsaueia. 



Garsanria, Walk. Cat. Het. iii. p. 536 (1868). 



Microrrhynchns, Sisrn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. s^r.6,t.ii. Bull, p.lxiii (1882); 



ibid. t. iii. p. 524"(1883). 

 MicrorrhamjjMs, Bergr. Rev. d'Entoni. t. x. p. 214 (1891). 



Garsauria aradoides. 



Garsauria aradoides, Walk. Cat. Het. iii. p. 636 (1868). 

 Microrrhynchis Becvarii, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. s^r. 6, t. iii. p. 525 

 t. XV. f. 205 (1883). 



Genus Gnatiioconus. 

 Gnathoconus quadrilineus. 

 Sehinis quadrilinea, Walk. Cat. Ilet. i. p. 169. n. 22 (1867). 



Genus Sehirus. 

 Sehirus ceneus. 



Sehinis (sneus, Walk. Cat. Hot. i. p. 169. n. 18 (1867). 



The typical .'specimen from which this species was described 

 is no longer to be found, at least in its place, in the British 

 Museum. A second specimen, also collected by Mr. Wol- 

 laston at Madeira, i.«, however, available and agrees with the 

 description. I have hitherto proposed, and still urge, that 

 where the types of Walker's species are not to be found, 

 such species should be treated as non-existent, for, with few 

 exceptions, Walker's descriptions of Heteroptera are not only 



