238 Ins, 
RHYNCHOTA. 
Endochus stalianus, Horvdth, Term, fiizetek, iii. p. 147, pi. vii. fig. 4, 
Nagasaki. 
Pantoleisies grandis^ Distant, Tr. E. Soc. 1879, p. 215, pi. v. figs. 6 & 
5 a, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. 
Ulpius ohscurus, pi. v. figs. 4 & 4 a, p. 215, bicolor^ Fianarantsoa, and 
festivus, Antananarivo, Madagascar, p. 216, id. 1. c. 
Velinus annulatuSy id. Ann. N. H. (5) iii. p. 131, Khasia Hills, &c. 
Cosmolestes annulipes, id. 1. c. p. 132, Garo Hills, N.E. India. 
Eeduvius (Harpiscus) reuteri, id. Tr. E. Soc. 1879, p. 125, Second Yark. 
Miss. p. 11, fig. 9, Sind Valley. 
Cosmoclopius pallidus, Berg, Hemipt. Argent, p. 149, Cordova. 
Zelus {Z.) per sonatus, Buenos Aires, p. 150, Z. (Diplodus) illotus, Cor- 
rientes, p. 153, id. 1. c. 
Harpactor rujipes, Bolivar, An. Soc. Esp. viii. p. 142, Abyssinia. 
Heniartes theresina, id. 1. c. p. 156, Corrientes. 
Hammaiocerus reuteri (= cinctipes, Berg, p. 159, nec Stal), id. 1. c. 
p. 295, Argentine Republic. 
Physorrhynchus (^Loricerus') Bolivar, An. Soc. Esp. viii. p. 143, 
Zanzibar. 
Pirates {Cleptocoris) brachypterus, cinctiventris, Nagasaki, and P. {Les- 
tomerus) cruciatus, pi. vii. fig. 5, China, Horvdth, 1. c. p. 148. 
Opistoplatys sorex, id. 1. c. p, 149, China. 
Eumerus insignia, Bolivar, 1. c. p. 143, Zanzibar. 
Melanolestes argentinus, Berg, 1. c. p. 163, Argentine Republic. 
Sminthus marginellus, Distant, J. A. S. B. xlviii. pt. 2, p. 38, pi. ii. 
fig 1, Upper Tenasserim. 
Spiniger {Acrocoris) fulvo-maculatus, Argentine Republic, Bolivia, and 
S. (Pantopsihis) longipes, Buenos Aires, Berg, 1. c. pp. 171 & 172. 
Velitra xantusi, Horvdth, 1. c. p. 149, pi. viij fig. 6, Ningpo, 
Centromelus edentulus and scorpionius, Berg, 1. c. pp. 174 & 175, Buenos 
Aires. 
Rhyparoclopius cornutulus, id. 1. c. p. 176, Chaco. 
Hydrometridjj. 
Gerris gibbifera, Schum., var. flaviventris, described ; Puton, Pet. Nouv. 
ii. p. 297. G. thoracica, auctt., and plebeia, Horv. : synonymy discussed ; 
Douglas & Reuter, Ent. M. M. xvi. pp. 42, 43, 67 & 68. 
Aepophilus, Signoret, in Puton, Hdm. Hdt. France, ii. p. 144, note. 
Type of a new subfamily of Hydrometridce {Aepophilini, Puton, 1. c.), 
intermediate between the Mesovelini and Hydrqmetrini. The sectional 
characters are given as follows : — No ocelli, pronotum united on the disk, 
raised in front and at the sides ; claws very large, legs and antennae stout; 
1st joint of antennae much shorter than 2nd ; elytra shortened. Type, 
A. honnairii, Sign., 1. c. p. 445, note. He de Rd, where it occurs at low 
water in company with Aepus robini (compare also J. W. Douglas, Ent. 
M. M. xvi. p. 69). 
