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of these insects. It is, however, very similar to T. falcatum, 

 Cyr., for which Walker gives the localities " S. Trance, Sicily, 

 Ceylon:" while the British Museum contains specimens from 

 Egypt and Trebizond. I should not be surj)rised to find that 

 the present species was really from Egypt, and not from Ceylon ; 

 and possibly Walker may have originally regarded it as T. fal- 

 catum (of which it might almost be a dark variety) before he 

 identified it as T. MscJieri ; and consequently noted Ceylon as a 

 \ocal\tj iov T. falcahim. The occurrence of the genns in Ceylon 

 still requires confirmation. 



Pod OPS obs citrus. 



Podops obscm-us, Ball. List Hem. B. M. i. p. 52 (1851). 

 Noted by Walker as found in Ceylon ; but this requires con- 

 firmation. The type is from Tenasserim. 



*tC0PT0S0MA SPH^EULA.. 



Thyreocoris sphaerula, Germ. Zeitschr. Ent. i. p. 25, n. 2 (1839). 

 Coptosoma ellia, Walk. Cat. Het. Hem. B. M. i. p. 87, Q. 32 (1867). 

 llCoptosoma ceylonica, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. xxxvi. (3) p. 74 (1863). 

 Coptosoma mimma, Atk. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ivii. p. 342 (1889). 

 Nura Ellia {MotsclmlsJcy) ; Pundaloya {Green). 

 Originally described from Java, but equally common in India, 

 China, and Ceylon. 



*C0PT0S0MA LATICEPS. 



Coptosoma laticeps. Ball. List Hem. Ins. B. M. i. p. 68 (1851). 



Described from Ceylon (Gardner's collection). 



*tC0PT0S0MA BRIJNKEFM. 



Coptosoma brunnea, Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivii. p. 342 (1889). 



Closely allied to C. laticeps, and perhaps not truly distinct ; 

 but in all Mr. Green's specimens of G. hrunneum the front of the 

 thorax is transversely darker than the rest, and more or less com- 

 pletely defined from it by the surrounding j)aler markings. 



*tCoPTOSOMA cetlonicum:. 



Coptosoma ceylonicutn, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. -p. 399 (1860). 

 The single specimen obtained by Mr. Green does not quite 

 agree with Dohrn's description, but is probably a mere variety. 



*tC0PT0S0MA CEIBEAEIUM. 



Cimex cribvarius, Fabr. Suppl. Ent. Syst. p. 531 (1798). 

 Mr. Green's specimen is labelled " Putlam." A common 

 East-Indian species. 



