1893. J Ql 



Of moths the most conspicuous was a very beautiful Eusemia with 

 black wings largely spotted with deep ochre-yellow, and the body 

 brilliantly varied with metallic bluish-green and crimson ; this insect 

 was locally not uncommon, flying in the hot sunshine like a Burnet 

 moth. I saw very few Ooleoptera, though I took one specimen of a 

 beautiful weevil {PacTiyrhynchus sp.),and the largest and finest repre- 

 sentative of the GoccineJUdcB which I have ever met with. 



With our departure from Manila early on the morning of Decem- 

 ber 11th our too brief voyage among the beautiful and luxuriant 

 islands of the Eastern Archipelago may be said to have come to an 

 end ; and after a week of nearly cloudy skies, rough seas, and strong 

 north-east monsoon winds, we reached our final destination. Hong 

 Kong, where we remain until the beginning of March, when we coui- 

 mence our third surveying season in Chinese waters. 



H. M. S. " Penguin :" 



January 3rd, 1892. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME BHYNCHOTA OP GEOGRAPHICAL 



INTEREST. 



BT E. BEEGEOTH, M.D. 



Of the genera mentioned below, Ntphe, Stal, was hitherto only 

 known from tropical Asia and Malasia, RTiaphidosoma, A. et S., only 

 from the Ethiopian region. Peromatws, A. et S., is represented by a 

 few species in eastern South America and Central America. Of 

 Zelus, Eabr., numerous species occur in the same parts of America, 

 whilst from western South America a single Peruvian species is 

 known. It is a remarkable fact that the genus JEdessa (from which 

 Peromaius is scarcely distinct), although extremely abundant in Brazil 

 and northern South America, is totally wanting in the western States 

 south of Colombia. It must be remarked, however, that Chili has 

 a very peculiar and highly specialized Bhynchotal fauna, and that 

 very little is known of the Hemipterous fauna of Bolivia, Peru,* and 

 Ecuador. 



Earn. PENTATOMID^. 



1. ISTlPHE ^THIOPICA, n. sp. 



Elongato-ohovata, testacea, supra sat crehre fusco vel nigro-punctata, 

 punctura intra latera pronoti valde condensata,linea IcBvi impunctata postice 

 latiore et fulvescente ah apice pronoti ad apicem scutelli pertraeta, limbo 

 angusto laterali pronoti et corii pallido, pectore macula parva nigra prope 



* Many insects of different Orders distributed in the last years by Messrs. Staudinger and 

 Bang-Haas as being from Peru, are really from localities in northern Brazil (Itaituba, Thomar, 

 Faro, &c.). 



