Rhynchota .. . langles of pronotum usuallyproduced in a strong curved spine ; in some specimens the spinesare practically 16 to 28 raillim. Hab. India, Ceylon, and Burma. Recorded from Delhi, Bombay,Malabar, Ceylon, Sikhim, Khasi Hills 4500-6000 ft. {Chennell),Sylhet, Karennee, Tenasserim.—Also found in China, the MalayPeninsula, Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. In Ceylon Mr. Green describes this species as gregarious, andoften found in numbers (20 or 30 together) collected on a singlebranch of a tree. Mr. R. M. Dixon, of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay,has forwarded me the fo
Rhynchota .. . langles of pronotum usuallyproduced in a strong curved spine ; in some specimens the spinesare practically 16 to 28 raillim. Hab. India, Ceylon, and Burma. Recorded from Delhi, Bombay,Malabar, Ceylon, Sikhim, Khasi Hills 4500-6000 ft. {Chennell),Sylhet, Karennee, Tenasserim.—Also found in China, the MalayPeninsula, Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. In Ceylon Mr. Green describes this species as gregarious, andoften found in numbers (20 or 30 together) collected on a singlebranch of a tree. Mr. R. M. Dixon, of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay,has forwarded me the following information relating to G. ocellatus:— Occurs on the moon tree {Macaranga roxburr/hii). Its habitsare diurnal and very active. Pollinatiou in the moon tree seemsto depend entirely upon this insect, which, by means of its feet,rostrum, and spines, conveys to the stigma the fertilizing pollen-dust, frequently from a distance of two or three miles. It issparingly found on the Bor Ghat in April and 18.—Cantao ocellatus. 44 ;. Genus PCECILOCORIS. Poecilocoris, Dall. Trans. Ent. Soc. v, p. 100 (1848) ; List Hem. i,p. 4 (1851); Stdl, Hem. Afr. ii, p. 33 (1864); Mayr, Raise Nov.,Hem. p. 17 (1866). Pcecilochroma, White, Trans. Ent. Soc. iii, p. 84 (1842) (). Type, P. druroii, Linn. Distribution. India, China, Japan, Malay Peninsula, and MalayanArchipelago. Body ovate, convex; head large, broad, the lateral marginssinuate. Antennse of five joints ; basal joint short, robust;second shortest and most slender ; third, fourth, and fifth jointseach as long as the first and second joints together or longer,they are also compressed, broad, and longitudinally moderately truncate at apex. Abdomen more or lessdistinctly sulcate beneath. 82. Poecilocoris latus, Dall. Trans. Ent. Soc. \, p. 101. 1, pi. 13, f. 4(1848); Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivi, p. 152 (1887); Stdl (Pcecilochroma),En. Hem. iii, p. 12. 3 (1873). Ochraceous, clouded with reddish-o
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