MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 1167 



of the two is shown below. The unshaded portion is in both cases an 

 orange red, though the tint varies much in different specimens, and the 

 shaded part black. The figures are illustrated twice the natural size (x2). 



Immature. 

 Adult. 



From the same plant {Abutilon muticum) at the same time and place, I 

 obtained several other bugs, and the fact that this is a food-plant for 

 each of them is worth noting. 



1. Nesara graminea, originally described as feeding on gramineous 

 plants, but recorded from Bombay as found on Gynandropsis pentaphylla 

 (Dixon). 



2. Dysedei-cus cingulatus. — The so-called red cotton bug. 



3. Oxycarenus lactus. 



The immature bugs of this species were present in immense numbers, 

 almost every plant giving a considerable number. A few adults were 

 caught, but as the insect is a fairly active flier, it would naturally not be 

 obtained to the same extent. This insect has already been noticed attack- 

 ing the seed capsules of other malvaceous plants. Green records it on 

 Abutilon asiaticum in Ceylon and Dixon on Gossypium stocksii in Bombay. 



HAROLD H. MANN. 

 Poona, 10th November, 1910. 



No. XXVI.— FEROCITY OF FEMALE MANTIS. 



In the note on the " Food of a Mantis " (Journal, Vol. XX, No. 3, p. 878), 

 your correspondent records the case of a female mantis eating the male 

 during the act of mating and enquires if the phenomenon has been hitherto 

 recorded with regard to this group. 



As a matter of fact it has been recorded more than once, Riley having 



