130 First Report on Economic Zoology. 
GROUP D . 
(B) EXTRA-BRITISH. 
Animals which concern Man as causing bodily injury, some- 
times death, to him, and in other cases disease, often 
of a deadly character. 
A Poisonous Land Bug from Singapore. 
A large land bug received by Dr. Cantlie from Singapore proved 
to be one of the Hemiptera heteroptera, known as Conorhinus 
rubrofascicttus , De Geer. It is neotropical and oriental in dis- 
tribution. 
Some of the foreign bugs are very poisonous. The note sent to 
Dr. Cantlie is of considerable interest. It is as follows : — - 
{From “The Journal of Tropical Medicine,” November 1, 1901). 
INSECT BITE. 
To the Editor of“ The Journal of Tropical Medicine.” 
Dear Sir, — I beg to forward you an insect which I shall be 
glad if you will kindly get identified. It inflicts a very nasty sting, which 
is done by a huge proboscis capable of being folded up beneath the maxilla 
and neck. Acute pain and inflammation follow in a few minutes. In one 
case the whole leg became swollen. 
Yours, &c., 
Lim Boon Keng, M.B., C.M.Edin. 
Singapore. 
IDENTIFICATION OF THE INSECT REFERRED TO BY 
DR. LIM BOON KENG. 
To the Editor of 11 The Journal of Tropical Medicine.” 
Dear Sir, — The insect you send from Singapore is one of the 
Hemiptera-heteroptera known as Conorhinus rubrofascicttus, De Geer. It 
is neotropical and oriental in distribution. 
Yours, etc., 
Fred. Y. Theobald. 
British Museum (Natural History). 
