38 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1892. 



of arcliitecture. In January, 1891, I found a small community, 

 of wMcli all the individuals, save the $ , were only half the 

 usual size; iu this case, the nest was situated at the roots of 

 a bunch of grass ; it was in the shape of an iaverted thimble, 

 made of the usual silky material, and not covered in any way. 

 Mr. Phipson brought me a nest of this species from the Sivaliks. 

 It was formed by drawing together several living stalks of grass (or 

 reeds), and jciniag them with the usual silk material, but, in this case, 

 much mixed with bits of dry broken grass, possibl}"- in order to 

 give greater cohesion to the web, and thus better enable it to resist 

 the strain, caused by the tendency of the stalk of grass to jQy apart. 

 Mr. Rothney writes : " In Calcutta and Barrackpore the nests are 

 '^ formed of web-work, binding together a few twigs of a spiny 

 " shrub. The winged sexes are to be found in the end of May." 

 He also notes that the mimicking bug, which I have already men- 

 tioned, " also assumes arboreal habits, and can be generally found 

 " on the trunks of trees, in company with the § of this species." 



31 . P. furcata (Smith ) . 



Salween Valley, Burma Major Bingham. 



Major Bingham writes : " Makes a nest of papery stuff between 

 " two leaves.'^ 



32. P. furcata (Smith) race : gracilior (Forel in MS). 

 Travancore H. S. Ferguson. 



38. P. Jerdoni i^ovel in MS). 



Trincomalee Major Yerbury, 



Major Yerbury writes : " Nest a web on the trunk of a smooth- 

 " barked tree. ^' 



34. P. Indica (Mayr). 



Thana Districts Y. Gleadow. 



Kanara T. E. D. Bell. 



I took a nest of this species in Thana in the rains of 1885. The 

 irregularities in the bark of an old mango tree had been roofed over 

 to form the nest. My recollection is that the material used was not 

 the usual silk web, but a kind of mud cement : in a note made at 

 the time I find^ ^' looks like a termite workshop." 



