82 BH. T. Atkinson—WNotes on Indian Rhynchota. [No. 2, 
a bluish black without a white patch posteriorly : the scutellum is elon- 
gated, white at the base : the tegmina are transparent, more yellow, 
black at the base; exterior discoidal area of corium, petiolated. Body 
long 8 millims. 
Reported from India. 
10. LEproBELUS PALLIPES, Stal. 
Leptobelus pallipes, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A.Férh. p. 284 (1869). 
Black, distinctly punctulate : thorax anteriorly without a dorsal pro- 
cess : sides of thorax and pectus, also base of scutellum, densely ochre- 
ous-sericeous : tegmina sordidly vinaceous, base of clavus and entire 
costal area and radial area at the base and outwards beyond the middle, 
black, punctured: lateral horns of pronotum, slender, moderate, gradually 
acuminated, straight, turning outwards, above unicarinate, beneath bica- 
rinate; posterior process slightly curved towards the base, thence straight, 
distant from the scutellum : exterior discoidal area of corium petiolated ; 
feet yellow-ferruginous. 9? body long 5-53: breadth, 2 millims. 
Reported from India. 
Very like L. curvispinus, Stal, (Ceylon), lateral horns of thorax 
shorter, more slender, turning outwards ; very little upwards; posterior 
process not reaching the apex of the scutellum and the frons narrrower 
at the apex (Stal). 
11. Lepropetus varius, Walker. 
Centrotus varius, Walker, List Hom. B. M. Suppt. p. 162 (1858). 
Leptobelus varius, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Férh. p. 285 (1869). 
Black, minutely punctured: head somewhat excavated between the 
eyes; pronotum keeled, unarmed on each side, with a smooth shining — 
spot on each side in front, shoulders somewhat acute : posterior process 
slender, acute, undulating, testaceous in the middle, not extending 
beyond the tip of the abdomen : legs piceous: knees, tarsi and tips of 
the tibis tawny: tegmina punctured towards the base, with various 
vitreous marks hindward, and with a large vitreous patch near the tip of 
the costa (Walker.) Body long 4;: exp. teg. 8} millims. 
Reported from Burma. 
The species of this genus appear to be distributed as follows :— 
A. Thorax furnished on the dorsum anteriorly with a short, slender 
process turning upwards and armed at the apex on both sides with a 
spine produced outwards, exterior discoidal area of corium petiolate: L. 
dama, L. gazella. 
B. Thorax anteriorly without the dorsal process, either cornuted 
or ridged above the lateral angles. 
