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feeding openly upon the leaves. None are pests and but little is known 
of this group. They are occasionally found abundantly and cases have 
been seen where they were so abundant upon a plant as to apparently 
cause damage. The small number of recorded Indian species is due to 
the minute size of the insects ; only with a good lens can the nature of 
the little insect be discerned and they have on this account been but 
little collected. Distant has recently described more Indian species 
(Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, 1909, p. 113). 
Monnnthia globulifera, Wlk., recorded from Madras and Ceylon, is 
found also in Behar upon an aromatic garden herb as also upon sweet 
Basil (Ocimum basilicum). Urentius echinus , Dist., is found, often abun¬ 
dantly, on brinjal ( Solanum melongena). Green has observed that the 
nymphs live on the under, the imagines on the upper surface of the 
leaves. The leaves become discoloured, but there is no real damage done 
as a rule. E. J. Woodhouse has found Paracopium cingalense causing 
hypertrophy of the corolla of Clerodendron phlomoides in Bengal. 
Aradid^e. 
Flat, dull-coloured insects, the forelegs inserted on the disk of the sternum, 
without ocelli ; tarsi two-jointed, antennce four-jointed. 
These bugs are of extremely distinct facies and easily recognised. 
The antennae are short and thick ; the body much flattened, the heme- 
lytra lying flat upon the abdomen and only occupying the middle, the 
apex and sides of the abdomen visible from above. All are dull-coloured, 
black or brown, in conformity with their habitat, which is under bark, 
stones, fallen leaves, etc. Their habits appear to be wholly unknown 
and these insects are far from common. Nearly all the known Indian 
species are recorded from the hills ; probably more will be found when 
the large soil-surface fauna comes to be investigated. Neuroctenus par, 
Bergr., is the most likely species to be found, under conditions of 
sufficient moisture. 
Hebrides. 
Body clothed below with silvery pubescence. Antennce five-'jointed. 
Small insects found in damp places and semi-aquatic in habit. A 
single species Hebrus orientalis, Dist., was collected in Burma by Eea, this 
being the only known species from British India. As the number of 
