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RHYNCHOTA. 
of the soil and probably prey on the small insects that abound there. 
Scipinia horrida, Stab, is a small dull insect, the head and prothorax 
Fig. 473— Prostemma 
FLAVOMAG’ULA- 
TUM. X 3. 
spined above, found far more widely than is recorded. So also is 
Irantha consobrina, Dist., recorded only from the Nilgiris; these obscure 
Reduviids have been scarcely at all collected save in the hills and the 
plains fauna is obviously very little known. 
Nabidince. —The rostrum is four-jointed, not three-jointed. Pros¬ 
temma carduelis, Dohrn., is the common representative of the robuster 
forms of this sub-family ; P. flavomaculatum , Leth., is also found in grass 
among fallen leaves. Nabis capsiformis , Germ., is the very abundant 
green insect found in grass ; it turns dull ochraceous when dry, while 
some are that colour in dead or dry grass. This abundant little insect 
has been observed sucking out caterpillars. 
Ceratqcombid^:. 
Hemelytron with a cuneus and embolium ; antennae with the two apical 
joints long and slender , with long hairs . 
A single specimen was found in Burma by Signor Fea, described as 
Crescentius principatus, Dist., in the Fauna of India. Distant writes 
of the group, “ a family comprising some very small or minute species 
found in moss, dead leaves and similar surroundings.” 
Cimicim:.— Bed Bugs. 
By F. M. Howlett. 
The body very flattened , the hemelytra and wings practically absent. 
The general flattened appearance and dull reddish brown colour of 
Cimicidae is familiar to most people. The rostrum is carried in a groove 
