Vol. II, No. 8.] Notes on some Rare and Interesting Insects. 355 
[N.S.] 
REDUVIUS TRANSNOMINALIS, Dist. 
Distant in Blanford’s Fauna of British India, Rhynchota, ii., 
p- 251. : 
One specimen from Purneah (Paiva). The only one now in 
the Indian Museum collection. The British Museum does not 
e possess any, as the only one mentioned by Distant is in 
the collection of the Vienna Museum. Its locality is given as 
“North India.” : 
ACANTHASPIS RAMA, Dist. 
Distant in Blanford’s Fawna of British India, Bhynchota, ii., 
p. 268, 
This species was described by Distant in 1904. There were no 
specimens of it in the Indian Museum collection. In the Atkin- 
son Collection of the British Museum there are specimens from 
Sikkim and Berhampur. 
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with mud which formed the nests of Ampulex compressa. Possibly 
the bug feeds on the young of this Sphegiid or on the food whic 
is stored up by the adults for the young. I generally came — 
the bugs in couples. They are very active and difficult to catch. 
Ecromocoris ELEGANS (Fabr.). 
Distant in Blanford’s Fauna of British India, Rhynchota, ii., 
-- p, 295. 
followi ities :-— : oon, Minhla (Fea). Tenas- 
mere appr a), Beal (British Museum) ; several islands 
of the Malayan Archipelago ; Timor (Doherty). ‘ 
Dr. AG ecaals specimen differs slightly from bg 8 
description ; the two linear fascia near the lateral margins of the 
corium being nearly obsolete. ag ae 
A fuataies whieh Distant has omitted in his serxipls 18 she 
distinct patches of silvery pubescence on the meso and me al 
sterna, near the region of the intermediate and posterior cox 
cavities. ae? < 
