HEMIPTERA HOMOPTEEA OF CETLON. 147 



*tHEMISPHiERIUS SCHATJMI. 



Hemispliserius Schaurai, Stal, K. Vet.-Ahad. Forhandl. sii. p. 191 

 (1855). 

 Described from Ceylon. 



*tIlEMISPH^EnjS BIPTJSTTJLATTJS. 



Hemisphaerius bipustulatus, Walk. List Horn. Ins. B, M., Suppl. p. 95 

 (1858). 



Described from Ceylon. A fresh specimen (not marked with 

 special locality) is green, with the tegmina finely punctured, but 

 not reticulated, and with two slender subparallel red lines on the 

 front. 



*Hemisph^eius dijbius. 



Hemisphserius dubius, Butl. Ann. Nat. Hist. (4) xvi. p. 97, pi. iv. f. 17 

 (1875). 



Described from Ceylon. 



*tHEMISPH:^EIUS HEEBACEUS, Sp. U. 



Long. Corp. 5^, lat. 4 lin. 



Grreen, finely punctured ; front with two parallel black lines, 

 widest in the middle, and sej)arated by a yellowish stripe ; 

 tegmina green, finely punctured, slightly transparent and reti- 

 culated, base of costa with two parallel rufous-brown lines, and a 

 very narrow yellowish edging continued round the rest of the 

 tegmina, except on the inner margin ; pectus, pleura, and abdomen 

 with black stripes, those on the abdomen transverse ; legs green, 

 lined with black ; tarsi testaceous, claws black. 



The black stripes on the face distinguish this species from any 

 other known from Ceylon. 



Pundaloya. 



*tPTEEILIA CETLONElSrSIS. 



Pterilia ceylonensis, St'^l, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. iii. p. 332 (1859), 



Islot an uncommon species. 



Platid^. 

 G-enus Miceochoeia. 



A genus of uncertain position, apparently belonging to the 

 ElatidsD by the majority of its characters, but with a superficial 

 resemblance to Dichoptera. 



Head large, but slightly narrower than the pronotum, and 



