110 A Visit to Damma Island. 



Maroe (Tiraor-Laut Islands) in the ratlier darker colourin.o;, 

 especially towards the apex of the abdomen, and in the 

 narrower yellow edging to the first segment of the abdomen. 

 Without a better series from both localities it would be 

 premature to treat the Damma Island insect as distinct. 



Apidse. 



Megachile ornata. 

 Megachilc ornata, Smith, Cat. Hym, Ins. B.M. i. p. 183. n. 114 (1853). 



A single specimen in poor condition, apparently belonging 

 to this species, which is known from India, Borneo, and 

 Sumatra. 



HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. By W. F. Kirby. 



Only eight or nine species were obtained on Damma 

 Island, belonging to the genera Dysdercus, Am. & Serv., 

 Melamphaus, Stal, P/iysopelta, Am. & Serv. (?), Capsus, Fabr., 

 Brachyrhynchus^ Lap., Mezira, Am. & Serv., and Euagoras, 

 Burm. The species cannot be determined with accuracy at 

 present, but among them is the widely dispersed Brachy- 

 rhynchus orientalis, Lap. 



ORTHOPTERA. By W. F. Kirby. 



Grceffea coccophaga (?) . 



Alupus cocopharje!^, Newp. Phil. Trans. 1844, p. 288, pi. xiv. fig. 4. 

 Lupaphus coccophagus, Westw. Cat. Phasm. p. 99 (1859). 



Mr. Walker met with several pairs of a species of 

 Phasmida3, which he describes as of a delicate green, about 

 4 inches long, and emitting a milky fluid smelling strongly 

 of peppermint. The male was more slender than the female. 

 It is not unlikely that it was the present species, which is 

 very common and destructive to cocoanuts throughout the 

 South Sea Islands, and which might perhaps also feed on 

 Pandanus; but the specimens forwarded by Mr. Walker do 

 not appear to have reached the Museum. 



