HEMIPTEEA HETEEOPTERA OF CEYLOlSr. 93 



" Ceylon," is much more varied with red than the type of Dallas's 

 species, which is also from Ceylon. A full series is much 

 wanted. 



Plikichtits peltastes. 



Plinachtus peltastes, Stiil, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 144 (1861). 



Described from Ceylon. 



Seeinetha. Dallasi. 



Serinetha Dallasi, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 402, n. 42 

 (1860). 



Described from Ceylon. 



*tSERI]SrETHA AUGUE. 



Cimex augur, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 366, n. 167 (1781). 



Common in India and Ceylon. 



*tSERINETHA ABT)OMIN"ALIS. 



Lygseus abdom inalis, Fa6r. Syst. Rhyng. p. 227, n. HI (1803). 



Common in India and the Eastern Archipelago. 



*tSEEnirETHA TAPEOBANEIS-SIS. 



Serinetha taprobanensis, Dall. List Hem. Ins. B. M. ii. p. 461, n. 6 

 (1852). 



Hardly distinct from S. abdominalis. 



One of the commonest species in Ceylon {E. E. G.). 



*tSEEmETHA COXALIS, Sp. U. 



Long. Corp. 14 millim. 



Eed; antennae, except at extreme base beneath, scutellum, 

 membrane, legs except the coxse, pectus, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen except at the sides and extremity, black. 



Exact locality not specified. 



Easily recognizable by the conspicuous red coxse on a black 

 background. 



*Ltbas tuepis. 



Lybas turpis. Walk. Cat. Hem. Het. B. M. iv. p. 150, n. 5 (1871). 

 Described from Ceylon. (Collected by Dr. Templeton.) 

 Yery like a species of Homoeocerus in appearance. 



*tCAMPTOPTJS LINEAEIS. 



Cimex linearis, Fahr. Syst. Ent. p. 710, n. 62 (1775). 



Alydus clavatus, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 402, n. 43 (1860). 



A common East-Indian species. 



