214 Hi. T. Atkinson—WNotes on Indian Rhynchota. [ No. 3, 
Allied to Pecilopsaltria capitata, Olivier, (Ene. Méth. v, p. 754) 
in regard to size, broadness of apical limbus, tegmina and wings. Body 
long 23: exp. teg. 68 millims. Reported from N. India. 
8. PLATYPLEURA ANDAMANA. 
Platyplewra andamana, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 174 (1878). 
This species was described from a specimen procured from the An- 
daman islands. Body long 22: exp. teg. 84 millims. 
9. PLATYPLEURA ROEPSTORFFII, n. sp. 
é.9. Brownish tawny. Face gamboge colour, moderately convex, 
transversely sulcated, with a brown longitudinal groove. Rostrum ex- 
tending almost to the posterior margin of the first abdominal segment, tip 
brown. Legs brown above, tawny below; tibiz setose, posterior pair spinose. 
Eyes bright castaneous, moderately prominent, pilose behind. Second 
joint of antenne pale tawny. A fascia from eye to eye, through the 
base of the antennze and frons, and another through the ocelli, black. 
Pronotum grooved, with an obtuse-angled black mark on middle of pos- 
terior border; lateral processes subtriangular, anterior margin slightly 
brown. Mesonotum with two obconical spots extending backwards from 
anterior border and having between them a variable sagittate mark, two 
dots wide apart, near posterior border, and a very obscure mark situate 
on the outer side of each of the obconical spots, black. Abdominal 
sutures black, margined with luteous, pubescent ; anal segment below, 
luteous. Opercula very small, subelliptical, wide apart in the @ ; conti- 
guous, semi-rounded, in the 9. Tegmina brown, opaque: basal third 
tinged with tawny, very apparent when stretched out; two spots in the 
radial area (the basal extending into the costal membrane) and one in the 
fourth ulnar area, black. A patch in the middle of the first ulnar area, 
extending into the third, and one near the base of the third ulnar area, 
extending into the fourth, pale brown. Apical area pale brown; veins 
adorned with oval marks, brown, with a centre of pale brown. Hxternal 
margin with a row of six subquadrangular brown spots, divided by oval 
pale brown spots. Wings fulvous tawny, disc and a band along the fore 
and external borders brown. Length of body, 245; exp. tegm. 763 ; 
of one teemen, 34; breadth of pronotum, 12 millims. 
Closely allied to P. andamana, Distant. 
Has. Andaman Islands. Several specimens are in the Indian Mu- 
seum. 
(b.) With black and white wings. 
10. PLATYPLEURA BASIALBA. 
Onypleura basialba, Walker, List Hom. B. M. i, p. 26, (1850). 
Platyplewra basialba, Butler, Cist. Ent. i, p. 191 (1874). 
Body long 19, exp. teg. 61 millims. Reported from N. Bengal. 
