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pronotum, are very indistinct, so much so that in one or two 
specimens they are entirely obsolete. 
Distant, however, omits to mention the presence of these two 
outer lines in his description of the species, although they are 
quite distinct in his figure. 
In the description Distant says that the posterior tibie are 
strongly incrassated. This appears to be a misprint. He must 
mean the posterior femora. 
ACANTHOCORIS SCABRATOR (Fabr.). 
Distant in Blanford’s Fauna of British India, Bhynchota, ee 
p. 385. 
Doubtless a very common and widely distributed species. 
There are several specimens in the Indian Museum collection from 
Sikkim, Margherita, Bangalore (Oameron), Sadeya, Mergui, 
Tenasserim, the Andaman Islands, and Japan (Pryer). The species 
LYGHIDA. 
Prostemmippa mimica, Rent. 
Distant in Blanford’s Fauna of British India, Rhynchota, ii., 
p. 18. 
A few specimens of this little bug were obtained by me in 
the Purneah District. In life it is very much like a little prea 
tic Hymenopteron, which I have also taken in Purneah. All ; 
specimens obtained were caught during the day, on the railings 0 
a house in Katihar, Purneah District. These are the only se 
mens in the Indian Museum collection. The type was obtain 
at Bombay ( Wroughton). . 
Perrrrecnus xRvGrnosvs, Rent. 
Distant in Blanford’s Fawna %, British India, Ehynchota, “idly 
p- . 
Obtained in the Purneah District in May. This is on? sa 
specimen from India proper. The only other one on reco Bir 
obtained by Fea at Palon, Mandalay, Burma. Another nee? 
was found sheltering itself in a cocoon of Actias selene, W St 
sent to the Indian Museum by Major A. Manners-Smith, fro 
Katmandu, Nepal, in July. 
