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REPORT ON THE RHYNCHOTA 
Part I. HETEROPTERA 
By W. L. distant 
T his very interesting collection of Rhynchota^ made by Messrs. 
Annandale and Robinson during their expedition to the Siamese 
Malay States and Perak, is remarkable under two aspects — firstly, by 
the absence 'of many well-known and common species ; and secondly, by the 
presence of a large number of small, obscure, and little-known species. 
Owing to the first cause there is not sufficient material to enable any general 
conclusions to be formed on the geographical distribution of the Rhynchota 
found in this fauna ; but, by its other character, I have been able to describe 
and figure a considerable number of new species and some new genera. A 
first set of all the specimens has been presented to the British Museum, and 
consequently the types representing the new diagnoses are to be found in the 
National Collection. 
The Hemoptera will form the subject of a second Report. 
HETEROPTERA 
PENTATOMIDAE 
PLATASPINAE 
1. Brachyplatys burmeisteri 
Brachyplatys burmeisteri, 'Distant^ Ann, Mag. Nat, Hist. (5) hi, p. 46 (1879) ; 
ial. Faun, Brit, Ind, Rhynch, i, p. 12 (1902). 
Thyreocoris silphoides, Burm, (nec Fabr.) Handb, ii, p. 384, 3 (1835). 
Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. 2,500 feet. 3rd September, 1901. 
‘ From interior of trunk of dead palm tree.’ 
Common in Assam and also found in Java. 
