1885.] K. T. Atkinson—WNotes on Indian Rhynchota. 91 
24. ScCAPHULA SEMIATRA, Fairmaire. 
Scaphula semiatra, Fairmaire, A. 8. EH. F. (2 sér.) iv. p. 494, t. ii. f. 18, 19; t. 
vii, f, 20 (1846) ; Walker, List Hom. B. M. ii. p. 589 (1851). 
Brownish black, shining ; prothorax somewhat elevated in the mid- 
dle, terminated posteriorly by a defined, rounded border; tegmina free, 
dull black, posterior third transparent : abdomen beneath, anterior feet, 
knees, and tarsi yellowish; posterior feet blackish (Fairm.) Body 
long 6 millims. 
Reported from Coromandel P 
Family Jasstp#, Stal. 
Jassida, Stal, Hem. Afric. iv. p. 82 (1866) ; Fieber, Kat. p. 8 (1872); Rev. 
Mag. Zool. (3 sér.) iii., pp. 337, 386, (1875). 
Subfamily Paropina, Fieber. 
Paropida, Fieber, Kat. p. 7 (1872) ; Rev. Mag. Zool. (8 sér.) iii, p. 384 (1875) : 
Paropides, Sign, A, 8. E. F. (5 sér.) ix, p. 47 (1879). 
Genus Sranoretia, Stal. 
Freg. Eug. Resa, p. 289 (1859). 
Body elongate, subparallel : head with the eyes broader than the 
thorax, round in front, semilunated on the vertex, subconcave, furnished 
posteriorly with a high transverse ridge; frons large, convex, with a 
much elevated longitudinal ridge ; ocelli placed in a small excavation 
in the margin of the base of the frons at the eyes: thorax shorter than 
broad, parallel, anteriorly semicircularly rounded and produced between 
the eyes, rounded behind, posteriorly convex, anteriorly semicircularly 
depressed, where it is furnished with two ridges before the apex, lying 
close to each other: scutellum small, triangular: tegmina longer 
than the abdomen with the longitudinal veins towards the apex, once 
jomed by the transverse nervures, the intracostal longitudinal vein 
forked behind the middle : feet moderate, posterior tibie three-cornered, 
angles remotely spinose. Allied to Paropia: ocelli nearer the eyes, frons 
convex, ridged, thorax differing in shape, the suctellum very small 
(Stal). 
25. SIGNORETIA MALAYA, Stal. 
Thamnotettia malaya, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Férh. p. 192 (1855). 
Signoretia malaya, Stal, Freg. Hug. Resa, p. 290, t. 4, f. 9, a. b. (1859). 
Virescent-whitish, densely and roughly punctured ; tegmina vires- 
cent whitish hyaline; entire clayus, space between the costa and the 
