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Mr. W. L. Distant on Hemiptera from 
IV .—Hemiptera from the North-eastern Frontier of India. 
By W. L. Distant. 
The insects enumerated and described in this paper were 
collected by Mr. A. W. Chennell, of the Indian Topographi¬ 
cal Survey, and are the result of some five or six years’ 
entomologizing in the following localities :— 
Altitude. 
Naga hills. 2000 to 6000 ft. 
Khasia hills, high ranges . . . 4500 to 6000 ,, 
North Khasia hills, lower ranges 1500 to 3000 „ 
Eastern Garo hills. 1500 to 2500 ,, 
Noa-Dehing valley, south of 
Brahmaputra. 800 ,, 
Sadia, north of Brahmaputra .... 350 ,, 
Dibru, south „ .... 250 „ 
Sibshgar, south ,, .... 200 „ 
Bamrup, south ,, .... 150 „ 
I have here only dealt with the tribe Scutata, which is 
somewhat largely represented in the collection, and propose 
treating of the remaining Heteroptera in a subsequent paper. 
As regards the geographical affinities of the species, it will 
probably be better, in our present knowledge of Indian Hemi¬ 
ptera, to merely point out some of the widest-ranging insects in 
this part of the collection. 
Picromerus spinidens , Fab., is not only recorded from Java, 
Sumatra, and Borneo, but is also found in Mexico. AEdnus 
ventralis, Dali., Erthesina fullo , Thunb., and Dalsira glandu- 
losa , Wolff, are well-known Chinese species. Axiagastus 
rosmarus , Dali., has hitherto only been received from the Phi¬ 
lippine Isles, Celebes, New Guinea, and Siam, while Eurydema 
festiva, Linn., is a common European form. The following 
is a list of the species; and it will be seen that some families 
are totally unrepresented :— 
Fam. Pachycobidje. 
Solenostethium rubro-puncta- 
tum, Guer. 
Cantao ocellatus, Thunb. 
Pcecilocoris Hardwickii, Hope. 
-Drurfei, Linn. 
Scutellera nobilis, Fab. 
Bracbyaulax oblonga, Hope. 
Chrysocoris grandis, Thunb. 
-patricius, Fab. 
-purpureus, Hope. 
Lamprocoris Roylii, Hope. 
- spiniger, Vail. 
Hotea curculionides, H.-S. 
Fam. Podopidas. 
Scotinopbora luiida, Burn). 
-obscura, Dali. 
-tarsalis, Foil. 
Aspidestroplius morii, Stftl. 
Fam. Plataspid.®. 
Coptosoma duodecimpunctata, 
Germ. 
Brachyplatys Vahlii, Fab. 
-Burmeisteri, n. sp. 
