1885. ] HE. T. Atkinson—WNotes on Indian Rhynchota. 83 
B. a. Posterior process of thorax distinctly curved towards the 
base : exterior discoidal area of corium petiolate: DL. curvispinus, L. 
pallipes. 
B. b. Posterior process of thorax straight, subundate, reaching 
the apical part of the scutellum, discoidal area of corium sessile, gradually 
much narrowed towards the base: DL. varius, L. awriculatus, (Stal). 
12. LEpropeLUs ScUTELLARIS, Fabricius. 
Centrotus scutellaris, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 19 (1803) : Germar, Silb. Rev. Ent. 
lil. p. 257 (1835): Fairmaire, A. 8. H. F. (2 sér.) iv. p. 510 (1845): Walker, List 
Hom. B. M. ii. p, 602 (1851), 
Stal, in index to Hem. Fabr. (ii. p. 115), places a query after this 
species ; and all that seems to be known is that it is reported from 
India. 
13. LeEpropeLus PARIA, Fairmaire. 
Centrotus paria, Fairmaire, A. S. HE. F. (2° sér.) iv. p. 513: (1846): Walker, 
List Hom. B. M. ii. p. 609 (1851). 
Ferruginous: eyes projecting : hornsa little divaricate, slender, 
acute, compressed : posterior process very slender, bordered on each 
side by the scutellum which is broad and white, as long as the abdomen : 
sides of the pectus white: feet yellowish: tegmina transparent (Iatrm.) 
Long 6 millims. 
Reported from India. 
Genus XipHopaus, Stal. 
Hem. Afric. iv. p. 87, 91 (1866) ; Ofvers. K. V.-A. Férh. p. 281 (1869). 
Frons prominulous below in the shape of a tubercle; thorax cornuted 
above the lateral angles; posterior process much distant from the 
scutelluam and abdomen, much curved from the base or geniculated near 
the base ; beneath, armed with small spines, at least towards the base, 
not dilated in the middle beneath; tegmina with five apical and two 
discoidal areas, none of which are petiolated: wings with four apical 
areas: tibiz simple or very slightly dilated (Stal). 
14. XrpHopmus Prtosus, Walker. 
Centrotus pilosus, Walker, List Hom. B. M. ii. p. 606 (1851). 
Xiphopeus pilosus, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Foérh. p. 285 (1869). 
Ferruginous, very thickly clothed with sordid white down: head 
punctured, short, transversely subfusiform, a little narrower than the 
thorax, with a metallic lustre in front, nearly twice as broad as long : 
face small: thorax punctured, deep in front, partly black, rising almost 
vertically from the head, slightly ridged, shoulders obtusely angular, 
