HEMIPTEBA HETEROMEEA OF CEYLON. 12& 



*tNEPA MACULATA. 



Nepa niaculata, Fabr.Syst. Ent. p. 692, n. 5 (1775). 

 An East-Indian species, not previously recorded from Ceylon. 

 Mr. Green's specimens are from Nitagala. 



*tRAN"ATEA SOEDIDULA. 



Ranatra sordidula, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 409 (1860). 



Several specimens, collected by Mr. Green at Nitagala, in fhe 

 North Central part of Ceylon, where water-bugs were more plen- 

 tiful than at Pundaloya. None of the specimens are quite so 

 large as the dimensions given by Dohrn. 



*tCEECOTMETirs ASIATICUS. 



Cercotmetus asiaticus, Serv. Ins. Hem. p. 441 (1843). 

 Eecorded from Java and Mount Ophir (Malacca). Mr. 

 Green's specimen is from Nitagala. 



*tNAUCOEIS (?) PtriirCTATrSSIMA. 



Long. Corp. 7 millim., lat. 4 millim. 



Eufo-testaceous, very thickly punctured ; eyes black, with a 

 yellow line behind ; pronotum with two longitudinal impressions in 

 the middle, and one in front, and often with a black line on the hind 

 border ; scutellura black ; corium reddish brown or blackish, the 

 costa broadly rufo-testaceous or yellowish, and there is frequently 

 a detached yellow spot near tbe middle. Membrane blackish. 

 Under surface blackish, except the margins, the legs, and the 

 middle of the under surface of the head and abdomen. 



Appears to be common in Ceylon. The extremely thick punc- 

 tuation and the depressions on the thorax give it almost a rugose 

 appearance. It is narrower than the other species of the genus. 



Pundaloya. 



round on wet rocks by running water {E. E. G.). 



*N0T0NECTA SIMPLEX, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 11-11| lin. 



Testaceous; face, under surface, and legs more inclining to 

 reddish ; a deep oval black depression behind each eye ; pro- 

 notum with a blackish transverse band towards the under edges ; 

 the front of the scutellum sometimes blackish ; wings apparently 

 black, and showing through the membrane and part of the 

 corium ; a black spot sometimes visible near tbe outer extremity 

 of the corium. 



Allied to N. lutea, Miill. 



Cejlon. Eeceived from Dr. Templeton. 



