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9. Cicadetta, n. sp. ? Japan, Kornilof, July 9th, 1899 (P). 

 Almost certainly a^ew species, but only one female in the 

 collection; allied t&^-t. pellosoma lUbler), from China. 



Fam. FuLGORiD^. 

 V o 10, Geisha distinctissima (Walker) (P). 



'M.l.'' Pyrops [=^Fulci()ra, auctf]- candelarius (Linn.). China, 

 Hongkong, Mar., 1898,'Ai)ril 22nd, 1899; Kaulung, Dec. 1898 (0). 



Mr. Fletcher has been good enough to send me a copy of his 

 observations on this inject, recorded at the time in his Journal : 

 " Sometimes they were on the trunk [of the tree], with which 

 they harmonize very well, and sometimes high up in the branches ; 

 in the latter case, they are easily beaten out, and then Hy quite 

 a distance, their vivid yellow hind wings rendering them very 

 conspicuous on the wing. . . . A tree at the top of the [Botanical] 

 Gardens [at Hongkong] , with a Chinese coolie gesticulating under 

 it, attracted " Mr. Fletcher's attention, and he found a pair of 

 candelarius " settled on a branch, with whose environment they 

 harmonized well." Mr. Fletcher insists on the harmony of 

 candelarius with its environment, but Mr. E. E. Green'^ account 

 of the Sinhalese macidatiis is very different. *' Oulf Pyrops 

 maculatus is a very conspicuous insect, when at rest, and takes 

 no measures to conceal itself, trusting to its marvellous agility " 

 (E. E. Green in litt. Aug. 22nd, 1900). 



Mr. Fletcher also tells me that the people at Kaulung had 

 never heard of candelarius being luminous. I asked him also if 

 he could afford any solution as to the use or purpose, if any, of 

 the cephalic prolongation, and if this were any assistance in 

 flying, but Mr. Fletcher emphatically denies this. " When 

 alive, the long ' nose ' is quite soft and fleshy, and they do not 

 seem to mind bending it up at all, as it straightens out again 

 afterwards. They walk almost on the tips of the two first pairs 

 of legs, with the head up, keeping the third pair close to the 

 body, and with these they can give a long leap, the wings then 

 sustaining the flight" (Journal, in litt. Dec. 10th, 1898); and 

 again, "Generally speaking, they fly up into the leaves, high up, 

 when disturbed. They use their legs awkwardly, and walk in a 

 gingerly kind of way. I found that on a flat surface, such as a 

 desk, they could leap about three feet with the hind legs. . . . 

 They are very wary and suspicious when settled, and are easiest 

 to catch on the wing, or, better still, just when they have settled, 

 before they have got their bearings, so to speak" (in litt. July 5th, 

 1900). Mr. Fletcher suggests that the cephalic prolongation 

 may possibly serve to resemble a twig of the tree on which it is 

 resting. 



Fam. Belostomatid^. 



12. *Aniorgiu8 deyrollii (Vuillefroy) . China, Yang-tze-Kiang, 

 Aug., 1898. 



