1885. | K. T. Atkinson—WNotes on Indian Rhynchota. 19 
I have not transcribed the descriptions of the following species 
attributed to Ptyelus by Mr. Walker as it is very doubtful whether they 
would be considered as belonging to it now and no representatives appa- 
rently exist in the collection of the Indian Museum. 
38. Pryptus conrrer, Walker. 
Ptyelus conifer, Walker, List. Hom. B. M. iii. p. 711, (1851). 
Body long 6: exp. teg. 17 millims. Reported from N. India. 
39. PrYELUS QUADRIDENS, Walker. 
Ptyelus quadridens, Walker, List Hom. B. M. iii. p. 711, (1851). 
Body long 8: exp. teg. 17 millims. Reported from N. India, N. 
Bengal. 
40. PTYELUS SEXVITTATUS, Walker. 
Ptyelus sexvittatus, Walker, List Hom. B. M. iii. p. 715, (1851). 
_ Body long 53: exp. teg. 125 millims. Reported from N. India. 
41. PrypLus punctum, Walker. 
Ptyelus punctwm, Walker, List. Hom. B. M. iii. p. 718, (1851). 
Body long 53: exp. teg. 12 millims. Reported from N. Bengal. 
42. PTYELUS SUBFASCIATUS, Walker. 
Ptyelus subfasciatus, Walker, List. Hom. B. M. iii. p. 724, (1851). 
Body long 4: exp. teg. 8 millims. Reported from N. India. 
Genus APHROPHORA, Germar. 
Mag. Ent. iv. p. 50, (1821) : Amyot and Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hém. p. 563, 
(1843): Scott, E. M. M. vii. p. 271, (1870): Fieber, Rev. Mag. Zool. (8 Sér.) iii. p. 
382, (1875). 
Head almost as broad as the prothorax: vertex almost horizontal 
and somewhat flattened ; anterior margin sometimes rounded, generally 
very obtusely angulated: clypeus of variable length, reaching to or 
beyond the first pair of coxe: : rostrum long, 2—3 jointed ; ocelli two or 
sometimes absent ; when present placed near the posterior margin of the 
vertex and more or less remote from the eyes. Pronotum hexagonal or 
trapezoidal with a longitudinal keel continued through the vertex ; ante- 
rior margin rounded or obtusely angulated, posterior margin frequently 
deeply angulate-emarginate, scutellum triangular, shorter than the 
thorax. Tegmina slightly coriaceous, ovally elongate, acuminate: wings 
with the inferior nerve furcate from the base or before the middle. 
Posterior tibis armed with 1—2 spines and a circlet of spinules at the 
tip. 
