1885. | K. T. Atkinson—Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 81 
The Hypsauchenia ballista of Germar (Silb. Rev. Ent. iii. p. 231. 
1835) nec Am. & Serv. (Hist. Nat. Ins. Hém. p. 535, t. 9, f. 5, 1843) is 
referred to H. hardwickii by Fairmaire (1. c. p. 520) and Am. & Serv.’s 
species H. balista is referred to the genus Sphongophorus from Mexico 
(l.c.p.261). 8S. balista, Am. and Serv., differs from H. ballista, Germar, 
in the posterior process ending in an erect ensiform prolongation, which 
is wanting in hardwickii from India. 
Genus Leprospetus, Stal. 
Hem. Afric. iv. p. 86 (1866) : Ofvers. K. V.-A., Férh. p. 280 (1869), 
Frons without a basal lateral lobe, gradually narrowed : sides of the 
pectus unarmed: thorax with the disc elevated, the elevated part furnished 
on both sides with a slender horn, and posteriorly with a slender process, 
well apart from the body : scutellum elongate, longer than broad, gra- 
dually acuminated or much narrowed towards the apex, and with the 
apex slightly and narrowly obtusely or subsinuately truncated: exterior 
discoidal area of tegmina petiolated: wings with four apical areas : 
tibiz very rarely dilated (Stal). 
8. LeproBELUS DAMA, Germar. 
Centrotus dama, Germar, Silbermann’s Rey. Ent. iii. p. 258 (1835): Fairmaire, 
A. 8. E. F. (2 sér.) iv. p. 510 (1846), t. 3, f.14: Walker, List Hom. B. M. ii. p. 602 
(1851). 
Leptobelus dama, Stal, Berlin Ent. Zeitsch. p. 886 (1866) : Ofvers. K. V.-A. 
Forh. p. 284 (1869). 
Black: thorax, posteriorly, with white scales; furnished with a 
short slender process on the dorsum anteriorly, turning upwards, armed 
at the apex on both sides with a spine which is produced outwards, and 
inflexed at the apex: scutellum elongated, spinose, white at the base : 
exterior discoidal area of corium petiolated (Hairm.). Body long, 9 
millims, 
Reported from India: the Indian Museum possesses a specimen 
from the Khasiya hills. 
9. LeEPToOBELUS GAZELLA, Fairmaire, 
Centrotus gazella, Fairmaire, A. S. E. F. (2 sér.) iv. p. 510 (1846): Walker, 
List Hom. B. M. ii. p. 602 (1851). 
Leptobelus gazella, Stal, Berlin Ent. Zeitschr. x. p. 386 (1866) : Ofvers, K. V.-A. 
Férh. p. 284 (1869). 
Cerulean black, thorax elevated in the middle, the elevated part 
trispinose, spines not inflexed, posteriorly not scaly with white. Closely 
allied to LD. dama, from which it differs by its smaller size, the lateral 
spines shorter proportionately and slightly turned up: the prothorax is of 
