ON THE BORNEAN TIPHIID.E. 287 



A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON THE FOOD OF 

 MIRID^ (Hemiptera). 



By G. W. Kirkaldy. 



In the ' Entomologists' Monthly Magazine ' for May, 1903,* 

 Dr. Renter summarizes the literature on predaceous Miridse, 

 showing clearly, what was indeed well known to hemipterists 

 previously, that the Miridse are by no means exclusively phyto- 

 phagous. 



The following references, some overlooked by Dr. Reuter, 

 others of later date than his communication, may be useful : — 



1. Caudell, 1901, Proc. E. S. Washington, iv. 485. Plagio- 

 gnathus obscurus biting human being. 



2. Kershaw, 1905, Trans. E. S. London, 7. Capsid (?) 

 sucking lepidopterous pupa. 



3. Merrifield, 1907, Proc. E. S. London (for 1906), p. xc. 

 Heterotopia merioptera destroying eggs of Papilio. 



4. Nowicki, 1871, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, xxi. Beih. 52. 

 Miris dolabratus said to attack the dipteron Chlorops tceniopa. 



5. Verhoeff, 1891, Ent. Nachr. xvii. 26. Deueocoris ruber 

 {Capsus capillaris) preying on Aphidse. 



ON THE BORNEAN TIPHIIDiE, INCLUDING A NEW 



GENUS. 



By P. Cameron. 



Cyanotiphia, gen. nov. 



$ . Middle tibias with two spurs. Marginal cell half closed at 

 apex. First transverse cubitus entirely absent ; transverse median 

 nervure interstitial ; transverse median in hind wings angled and 

 broken in the middle. Tegulas large, about half the length of the pro- 

 and mesonotum. Base and apex of thorax transverse ; the top of 

 metanotum keeled at apex, and bearing longitudinal keels. Base of 

 first abdominal segment transverse, strongly keeled above ; the second 

 segment with a crenulated furrow at the base. Hind tibia? stoutly 

 serrate ; claws bifid unequally ; hind femora dilated roundly below at 

 the apex. Base of second abdominal segment largely produced below 

 the apex of first. Mandibles edentate, large, furrowed in the middle. 

 Body for the greater part blue. 



May be known from the described Old World genera, e.g. 

 Tiphia, by the middle tibiae having two spurs, by the abnormally 

 large tegulae, by the almost closed radial cellule in female, and 



* ' The Food of Capsids,' pp. 121-3. 



