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$ Connexivum very broad, extending noticeably laterally beyond 

 elytra. Sheath extending to apex of fourth abdominal segment. 

 Long. 5' 5 mill., lat 1*6 mill. 



Ceylon : Punctures, leaves of Solanum, sp. (Peradeniya [Reg. No. 

 145J, March 1900, E. E. Green) ; punctures, young leaves and 

 shoots of Feperonia, sp. (E^andy [Reg. No. 78 j, Dec. 24, 1899, E. 

 E. G.) ; punctures, young leaves of common Guava, Psidmm guyaoa 

 (Peradeniya [Reg. No. 123J, Jan. 1900, E. E. G.) ; punctures, young 

 leaves of Acalypha, sp. (Badulla [Reg. No. 145] Feb. 1900, E. E. G.). 



This species is allied to D. humerah's (Walk.), but beyond the differ- 

 ence in antennal proportions, the posterior margin of the pro-notum in 

 J), formosus is nearly always immaculate, or at least only slightly 

 clouded, while in D. humeralis (of which there are a number of 

 specimens in the British Museum) there appear to be always two deep, 

 shining black, small, but very clearly and sharply defined, round spots, 

 one on each side, near the basal margin. 



D. DUDGEONi, nom. n. 



In the "Indian Museum Notes", 1894,111, No. (5), pp. 33— 8, 

 Mr. G. C. Dudgeon published some exceedingly interesting " Notes on 

 the Oviposition of Helopeltis theivora, Waterhouse ("Mosquito Blight").'* 

 It is there noted that three species of Mcesa^ " occurring in the Dar- 

 jeeling District, from 1,500 feet to 5,000 feet, are blighted in much the 

 same manner as tea. " It is not necessary to reprint the notes here, as 

 the paper will be in the hands of everyone interested in Oriental 

 Rhynchota. It is evident from the careful and lucid description that 

 the bug described without a name — an omission which 1 have pleasure in 

 remedying by proposing that of the author of the valuable observations — 

 belongs to Disphimtus, differing by the proportions and colour of the 

 antennse, &C.5 from the other known species. The following is the 

 original description (1. c. No. 5, p. 37) : — 



" $ : Orange-red ; abdomen broad and concave on the upper side, 

 " unmarked ; head transverse, short ; eyes black and prominent : 

 *' rostrum paler orange, thickened for the basal third of its length, 

 " rather short, reaching just beyond the goxjb of the anterior legs when 

 " folded beneath ; antennse almost the same length as the whole body ; 

 " first joint thickened, short reddish ; second long ; third shorter than 

 " second ; fourth short, all three black ; pro-notum and scutellum ud- 

 " marked, orange red, the former lengthened, forming a rather long 



