MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 245 



very short time could be devoted to entomological matters, the following 

 notes were made : — 



1. At Dharwar, during a walk at 9 a.m. in sunlight on October 29th, 2909, 

 along the Railway cutting, immense numbers of a large pentatomid bug were 

 observed among the stones in which the Eailway lines were set. Both males 

 and females were present in abundance and a number of samples were obtain- 

 ed. The bug was sent to Mr. W. L. Distant, and turns out to be a very 

 interesting one belonging to a genus new to the Oriental region. This genus 

 Anasida is limited, I understand, to South West and East Africa, and the 

 occurrence of a new species nearly an inch long, is both unexpected and 

 interesting. Mr. Distant has named this Anasida orientalis, and will publish a 

 technical description in the near future. 



2. On the same day at Dharwar, during a spare hour, I spent my time 

 beating a large number of Lantana bushes in the neighbourhood of the 

 station. From almost every one of these I obtained specimens of the penta- 

 tomid bug, Plautia fimbriata, in every stage of development. The Lantana 

 is evidently a very suitable host for this bug. 



3. A few days later, at Hubli, near Dharwar, about midday, I found the 

 very common pentatomid bug, Nezara viridula, playing a new role. On going 

 into a cotton field, I noticed that castor plants were growing at intervals all 

 over the field. I asked the reason for this, and immediately one of the castor 

 leaves was opened out and revealed a full-grown Nezara on the leaf. Nearly 

 all the castor plants examined showed these bugs on them, some even in 

 copulation on the leaf. In one case one of the brownish yellow variety was 

 observed in copulation with a pure green type. The castor was ostensibly 

 planted as a trap crop for these bugs among the cotton, to avoid damage to 

 the latter crop. 



4. During the same journey, the following bug was obtained at Castle 

 Rock at 5-30 p.m. in flight : Canthecona parva and two specimens of a beetle, 

 Pseudoeolaspis longicollis, Baly., in copulation on grass at 5-30 p.m. 



H. H. MANN. 

 Poona, February 1910. 



No. XXXI —THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN TERIAS 

 SILHETANA AND TERIAS EEC ABE. 



These two species are frequently confounded, which is no matter for 

 surprise, ascertain specimens are extremely difficult to discriminate. Their 

 life history, however, shows them to be abundantly distinct, and the following 

 characters can, I think, be relied on. The eggs, larvae and pupae conform to 

 the usual Pierine type: — 



Terias silhetana. 

 Egg. — Laid in rows on the upper- 

 side of a leaf in batches of about 

 fifty. 



Terias hecabe. 

 Egg. — Laid singly at the edge of a 

 leaf on the upperside. 



