86 MB. W. F. KIRBT ON THE 



Zangis virginea, Stul, Vet. Akad. Handl. (2) xiv. (4) p. 93 (18/6). 



A handsome species, perha|)s peculiar to Ceylon. 



Stal makes two species of this, but the three specimens before 

 me agree equally well with Dohrn's description and with the 

 points on which Stal separates his Z. virginea. 



^Frequently flies into the rooms at night, attracted by the light 

 {E. E. a.). 



*tEHAPHI&ASTER VIRIDULUS. 



Cimex viridulus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 414, n. 28 (1758). 



Cimex prasinus, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 249 (1761). 



Var. Cimex torquatiis, Fahr. Syst. Ent. p. 710, n. 65 (1775). 



Common in most parts of the Old World. Mr. Glreen's col- 

 lection contained a specimeii of the var. torquattis, with the front 

 of the head and thorax bordered with dull orange. 



Nawalapitya. 



*tEHAPHIGASTER BEPELLENS, Sp. n. (Plate IV. fig. 9.) 



Long. Corp. 11 lin. ; lat. 6| lin. 



Eather long and narrow; very dark reddish brown above and 

 reddish below ; legs and antennae rufo-testaceous. Upper 

 surface somewhat rugose and thickly punctured ; angles of the 

 pronotum short, distinct, straight, pointed at the tip, but not 

 very acutely, and the extreme point pale ; membrane fuscous or 

 f usco-hyaline. Pectus thickly punctured ; ventral surface of 

 abdomen much more finely ; subterminal segment of the abdomen 

 with strong sharp lateral projections. 



Pundaloya. 



Not closely allied to any species in the Museum. 



E.HAPHIGASTEB PLAVOLINEATUS. 

 Ehaphigaster flavolineatus, Hope, Cat. p. 31 (1837). 

 A widely-ranging species, included in Dohrn's list as Cin- 

 ghalese. 



*tEHAPHiaASTEE SOEDIDA, Sp. U. 



Long. Corp. 11 millim. ; lat. 7 millim. 



G-reenish testaceous, thickly covered with small brown or 

 reddish-brown punctures over the whole of the upper surface and 

 on the pectus ; scutellum reddish, a little greener on the sides 

 before the extremity, which is rather broad and obtusely rounded ; 

 a small black spot at the basal angles of the scutellum ; abdomen 

 beneath with an irregular baiid of black blotches on each side of 



