Mr. W. L. Distant on two Genera o/'Coveiclte. 53 



tlie eyes, and a spot near anterior an^-les of vertex black. 

 Pronotum with two central lineate black spots, a similarlj 

 coloured semicircular spot at centre of basal margin, and the 

 incisures blackish. Mesonotam with two tooth-like spots at 

 centre of anterior margin, followed by a smaller spot on each 

 side, a slender broken lateral fascia, and a spot near eacii 

 anterior angle of the cruciform elevation black. Abdomen 

 above castaneous, shaded with black, and greyishly pilose. 

 Abdomen beneath and legs ochraceous ; a broad subapical 

 annulation to anterior femora, the anterior and intermediate 

 tarsi, and the bases and apices of the tibiae black. 



Tegmina pale greenish opaque for more than half their 

 length, remaining area obscure hyaline where the venation 

 is fuscous ; the transverse veins at the bases of the second, 

 third, fifth, seventh, and eighth apical areas are narrowly infus- 

 cated ; two small fuscous spots in upper ulnar area, some 

 narrow and obscure discal fuscous markings and a series of 

 small fuscous spots near the apices of the longitudinal veins 

 to the apical areas. Wings pale greenish, with the venation 

 and almost the basal half blackish. 



The width of the head, including the outer margins of the 

 eyes, is a little more than that of the base of the mesonotam ; 

 the lateral angles of the pronotum are broadly and angularly 

 produced. 



Long. $ 41 millim. ; exp. tegm. 11.5 millim. 



Hab. Nossi-B^ Island. 



XIII. — Notes on Two Genera of Coreidaj /ownJm Madagascar. 

 By W. L. Distant. 



In the last published part of the ' Revue d'Entomologie,' 

 tome xi. p. 264, Dr. Bergroth has continued his criticisms on 

 the writings of his colleagues who study the order lihynchota. 

 Much of this criticism is valuable, some unfortunately is mis- 

 leading ; for excessive criticism is as open to error as is too 

 prolific description. Amongst other proposed corrections \i 

 the statement that my genus Parabrachyles "est identiqne au 

 genre Odontorrhopala *, Stal." I should be very glad to 

 adopt this opinion of Dr. Bergroth but for the following 

 distinctive characters, which he strangely appears to have quite 

 overlooked or forgotten when he wrote: " Les seules diffe- 

 rences sont ofFertes par les antennes . . . . et par le rostre." 



* Dr. Bergroth has altered the spelling of this generic name ; as pro- 

 posed by StSl it was '''' Odonturhopala." 



