220 E. T. Atkinson—Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [No. 3, 
Genus Scrrroprera, Stal. 
Hem. Afric. iv, p. 4 (1866). 
Allied to Geana : ulnar veins contiguous at the base or united for a 
short distance; head scarcely narrower than the base of the thorax > 
anterior femora incrassated, spinose beneath. 
29. ScIBROPTERA CROCEA. 
Cicada crocea, Guérin in Voyage La Favorite, v, p. 159, t. 45, f. 3 (1829) ; Mag. 
Zool. p. 79, cl. ix, t. 237, f. 3 (1839); in Voyage La Coquille, Zool. ii (2), p. 182 
(1830). 
Huechys crocea, Walker, List Hom. B. M. i, p. 252 (1850). 
Scieroptera crocea, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 169 (1866). 
Yellow: thorax above with four reddish brown spots: abdomen 
saffron-red, more obsolete below. Feet yellow, tibis: and tarsi black. 
Teemina and wings hyaline with yellow veins. 
Reported from Bengal. 
30. ScIEROPTERA SPLENDIDULA. 
Tettigonia splendidula, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 681 (1774); Spec. Ins. ii, p. 
321 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. ii, p. 267 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iv, p. 25 (1794) ; Syst. Rhyn. 
p. 42 (1803). 
Cicada splendidula, Gmelin Ed. Syst. Nat. i, pt. 4, p. 2098 (1782) : Olivier, Enc. 
Méth., v, p. 756 (1790) : Germar in Thon’s Archiv, ii, fase. 2, p. 45 (1830) : Guérin, in 
Voyage La Favorite, v, p. 159 (1839) ; Mag. Zool. p. 79 (1839) : Westwood in Dono- 
van’s Insects China, t. 16, f. 4 (1842). 
Huechys splendidula, Walker, List Hom. B. M. i, p. 252 (1850). 
Scieroptera splendidula, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 169 (1866): Distant, 
J. A. S. B. xlviii (2), p. 38 (1879). 
Yellow; thorax above with four large blackish rounded spots. 
Tegmina golden brown: anterior tibie red, femora black : posterior femora 
red: abdomen sanguineous. Body long 17: length of one tee. 195 millims. 
Reported from N. India, Silhat, Tenasserim. The Indian Museum 
possesses specimens from Tenasserim, Arakan, and the Khasiya Hills. 
31. ScIEROPTERA FUMIGATA. 
Huechys fumigata, Stal, Ofvers. Kong. Vet. Akad. Férh. p. 244 (1854) ; Walker, 
List Hom. B. M. Suppt. p. 314 (1858). 
Scieroptera fumigata, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 169 (1866). 
Head, thorax, and seutellum black ; their lateral margins, a median 
patch on the thorax, and spot on the scutellum yellow: tegmina fusco- 
vinaceous, costa and veins weakly yellow testaceous; wings weakly 
vinaceous hyaline, abdomen and femora testaceous, the former above 
blackish. Body long 12: exp. teg. 28 millims. 
Reported from India, 
