224 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



and legs reddish brown. P ronotum and scutellum somewliat 

 thickly and coarsely punctate. 



Long. 3 niillim. 



JJab. Bengal, Lohar-daga {Atkinson Collection). 



Six carded specimens are contained in the British Museum. 



Genus Bl^na. 



£l(sna, Walk. Cat. Het. iii. p. 537 (1868). 



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

 t. iii. p. 523 (1883). 



Blcena setosa. 



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



Macrhymenus membranaceus, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. s^r. 6, t. iii. 

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



Genus Gaesauria. 



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



Microrrhynchus, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. S(5r.6,t.ii. BuU. p.lxiii (1882); 



ibid. t. iii. p. 624 (1883). 

 Microrrhamphus, Bergr. Rev. d'Eutom. t. x. p. 214 (1891). 



Garsauria aradoides. 



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

 Microrrhynchus Beccarii, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. s<5r. 6, t. iii. p. 525, 

 t. XV. f. 205 (1883). 



Genus Gnathoconus. 

 Onathoconus quadrilineus. 

 Sehirus quadrilinea, Walk. Cat. Het. i. p. 169. n. 22 (1867). 



Genus Sehirus. 

 Sehirus ceneus. 



Sehirus ceneus. Walk. Cat. Het. 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, is, 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 



