440 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



The pronotum is sliglitly transversely ridged between the 

 posterior angles, which are subprominent ; the corium is 

 visible for a little more than halt' the length of the scutellum. 



Long. 4-4^ millim. 



Bab. Ceylon {G. Lewis). Coll. Dlst. 



Genus AsPAViA. 



Aspavia injicita. 



Mormidea inficita, Walk. Cat. Het. ii. p. 260. d. 50 (1867). 



Aspavia hastator. 



Coreus hastator, Fabr. Eot. Syst, iv, p. 129. n. 8 (1794). 

 Mormidea ? ventralis, Walk. Cat. Het. ii. p. 260. n. 51 (1867). 



This is quite distinct, and not even congeneric with the 

 species described by Walker (Cat. Het. iii. p. 555, 18(38) from 

 Australia under the same name, and which belongs to the 

 genus Dictyotus. 



Genus Carbula. 



Carhula lateralis. 

 Mormidea lateralis, Walk. Cat. Het. ii. p. 263. n. 61 (1867). 



Carhula socia. 



Mormidea socio, Walk. Cat. Het. ii. p. 262. n. 60 (1867). 

 Mormidea si7nilis, Kirby, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv. p. 82 (1892). 



Mr. Kirby described a fresh specimen ; Walker's tyj)e is 

 founded on a faded example. 



Carbula contigua. 

 Mormidea contigua, Walk. Cat. Het. ii. p. 264. n. 63 (1867). 



Carhula crassiventris. 



Pentatoma crassiventre, Dall. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. p. 189 (1849). 



The type is from Boutan. The British Museum also 

 possesses specimens from the island of Loo-Chow. 



Genus Gyenica. 

 Gyenica rustica^ sp. n. 

 Dark ochraceous brown ; pronotum with the lateral spines 



