216 Hi. T. Atkinson—Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [ No. 3, 
Variety, a.—Markings on face and pronotum more distinctly black. 
The markings on the basal third of the tegmina are more distinctly pale 
forming a band of five spots extending from the costal membrane through 
the ulnar areas. The brown spots in the hyaline apical portion broader, 
the internal apical row produced through the apical areas and the ex- 
ternal apical row of dots duplicated. The tawny discal streak of the 
wings wanting, flaps grey hyaline. From Munipur, in Indian Museum. 
Allied to Platypleura insignis, Distant. 
12. PLATYPLEURA INSIGNIS. 
Platypleura insignis, Distant, J, A. 8. B. xlviii (2), p. 39, t. 2, f., 2 (1879). 
Allied to the preceding, but tegmina and wings very distinct, the 
opaque portion being much less than in that species. Body long 15; 
exp. teg. 45 millims. Reported from Tenasserim and Hindustan: a 
specimen from the former locality is in the Indian Museum. 
(c.) With black, white, and red wings. 
13. PLATYPLEURA OCTOGUTTATA. 
Tettigonia octoguttata, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 515 (1798) ; Syst. Rhyng. 
p. 89 (1803) ; Coquebert, Ill. Ins. i, p. 34, t. 9, f., 1 (1790). 
Oxypleura sanguiflua, Walker, List Hom. B. M. i., p. 24 (1850) ; Ins. Saund. 
Hom. p. 2 (1858). 
Pecilopsaltria octoguttata, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 168 (1866) (re-described). 
Platypieura octoguttata, Butler, Cist. Ent. i, p. 192 (1874). 
Body long 27: exp. teg. 80 millims. Reported from the Panjab, N. 
India, N. Bengal, S. India. The Indian Museum possesses specimens 
from Bengal, Calcutta, and Sambhalpur in the Central Provinces. 
14. PLATYPLEURA SUBRUFA. 
Oxvypleura subrufa, Walker, List. Hom. B. M. i, p. 25 (1850). 
Pecilopsaltria capitata, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 169 (1866), who joins 
together ‘ subrufa’ and ‘ capitata’ Olivier (Enc. Méth. v, p. 754, t. 112, f. 10), the 
former an Indian and the latter a Ceylon species. They have been separated again 
by Butler (Cist. Ent. i, p. 192) and should remain separate. 
Platypleura subrufa, Butler, Cist. Ent. i, p. 192 (1874). 
Body long 27: exp. teg. 75 millims. Reported from Coromandel 
and India. 
(d.) With black, white, and brown wings. 
15. PLATYPLEURA BUFO. 
Oxypleura bufo, Walker, List Hom. B. M. i. p. 27 (1850). 
Platypleura bufo, Butler, Cist. Ent. i, p. 195 (1874). 
Body long 25: exp. teg. 81 millims. Reported from India. 
