Uo. 2. 1 Notes on BJ/yncJioia. 127 



longitudinal line tawny-yellow ; lateral margiu serrulate, armed poste- 

 riorly on both sides with a fuscous, bifid spine, and behind it with a 

 short tooth : scutellum greyish, with several impressed fuscous dots at 

 the base with three rather obscure, minute, rufous dots; longitudinal 

 line and apex, paler : hemelytra greyish, with impressed fuscous dots, and 

 a median, obsolete, fuscous band; membrane fuscous, with two pale, 

 opposite, marginal spots before the apex : abdomen above black, spotted 

 yellow on the margin, which is somewhat prominulous ; beneath testa- 

 ceous, with a row on both sides, of very minute fuscous dots; margin 

 subserrate; sternum somewhat porrect anteriorly : pectus testaceous, 

 spotted fuscous : anus obtusely bidentate : feet testaceous ; first femora 

 with a very acute tooth before the apex : tarsi fuscous. Varies in the 

 markings on the hemelytra. Rah. — India, Burma. Long, 15-16 mill. 



The bottles sent from Cawnpore contain two species of Rhynchota, 

 one of Orthoptera, and the larvse of several other insects, probably moths. 



Amongst the Rhynchota I find :— 



Dysdercus cingulatm . 

 Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 1775, p. 719. 



This insect, easily recognised by its vermillion colour, white transverse 

 bands on the abdomen, and a black spot in the middle of each hemelytron, 

 occurs throughout the whole oriental region, extending as far as New 

 Guinea, Philippines, China. It does not do much harm unless occurring 

 in excessive numbers. 



Apines concinna. 



Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 232, t. 9, f. 1 : Atkinson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lvii (2), 

 1888, p. 139. 



I have already obtained this insect from Bombay and Hardwar 

 (N.-W. Provinces). The series before me shows that A. concinna varies 

 much in size, from 5 to 6 mill., and in color above from black to 

 brown, with the white markings more or less patched with orange, and 

 the abdomen beneath from sordid white to brown. The larval state is 

 well represented, but some further particulars regarding the manner in 

 which the insect attacks the rahi crops are necessary before any useful 

 deductions can be obtained from its presence, apparently in considerable 

 numbers. In its habits it cannot differ much from Murgantia Mstrionica 3 

 a well-known garden and field pest in America, the methods for combat- 

 ing which are detailed in the reports of the Washington Department of 

 Agriculture. 



