HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA OF CEYLON. 79 



*tC0PT0S0MA MOBILE. 



Coptosoma xiohWe, DoJirn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 400 (1860). 



Described from Ceylou. 



Coptosoma atomabiiim. 



Th}'reocoris atomariuin. Germ. Zeitschr. Ent . i. p. 27, n. 6 (183.9). 

 Eecorded from Java, the Philippines, and Ceylon (DoLrn's 

 list), but apparently not a very common species. 



Teopidosttlus easciolatus. 



Tropidostylus fasciolatus, Stcd, Svensk. Handl. (2) xiv. (4) p. 15 

 (1876). 



Described from Ceylon. A single immature specitnen in Mr. 

 Green's collection possibly belongs to this species. 



*tBRACH:TPLATTS SILPHOIDES. 



Cimex silphoides, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 86, n. 24 (1794). 



Brachyplatys cingalensis, Stcd, (Efo. Vet.-Akad. Fork. xii. p. 181 (1855), 

 xiii. p. 54 (1866). 



A common species in the East Indies. The measurements 

 given by Stal slightly exceed those of the specimens before 

 me ; but I have little doubt of the correctness of the identifi- 

 cation. 



''^fBEACHTPLATYS SUB^NEA. 

 Plataspis subsenea, Hope, Cat. p. 17 (1817). 

 Thyreocoris septus, Germ. Zeitschr. i. p. 32, n. 19 (1839). 

 Common in the East Indies. 



Brachyplatys Vahlii. 



Cimex Vahlii, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 89, n. 41 (1794). 



Included in Dohrn's list as Cinghalese. I have not seen a 

 specimen from Ceylon, as that mentioned by "Walker really 

 belongs to B. suicenea. 



^fCANTHECONA iNsuLAEis, sp. u. (Plate IV. fig. 4.) 



Long. Corp. 15 millim. 



Testaceous, covered above and below with reddish-brown 

 punctures ; abdomen with the dorsal surface dark reddish brown, 

 shading into blackish at the extremity, the sides rufo-testaceous, 

 ventral surface testaceous, slightly varied with black on the sides 

 and terminal segment, and with a black spot on the middle of 

 the penultimate segment ; legs slightly hairy, femora more or less 



