144, E. T. Atkinson—Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [No. 3, 
ochreous; mesonotum reddish-brown: tegmina of a red brown in the 
basal two-thirds with two large black spots on the external margin, 
another towards the end of the second third, in the middle; two other 
smaller black dots, one at the base and the other towards the end of the 
first third near the internal margin, and other smaller black dots sprink- 
led here and there: the apical third of the tegmina sordid yellowish or 
dull brown: wings bright red with the apex black, sprinkled with bluish 
spots or patches, the red disc also has four white patches, of which one 
is very small, with some dozen round black dots strewn about behind 
them : abdomen red above: body and feet, beneath, reddish-brown (Amv. 
§ Serv.) Long, 17; exp. teg. 46 millims. 
Reported from Sumatra, Java, N. India: the Indian Museum 
possesses one abraded specimen exactly agreeing with the above des- 
scription, locality unknown, and another from Marri (Panjab). There is 
a series from Sikkim agreeing in most respects except that the base of the 
wings is ochreous not sanguineous. 
28. APHANA PULCHELLA, Guérin. 
Aphena putchella, Guérin, Voy. la Coquille, Zool. ii (2), p. 189 (1830) ; Spinola, 
A. S. E. F. viii, p. 294 (1835); Walker, List Hom. B. M., ii, p. 274 (1851) ; Stal, 
Ofvers. K. V.-A., Fiérh. p. 485 (1862) ; Java. 
Aphana confucius, White, A. M. N. H. xviii, p. 24 (1846) : China. 
Aphena confucius, Walker, 1. c. p. 280 (1851) : China. 
Aphena io, Walker, List Hom. B. M. ii, p. 279 (1851) : N. India. 
Aphana nigro-irrorata, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Férh. p. 244 (1854) : China. 
Aphena nigro-irrorata, Stal, Freg. Hug. Resa, Ins., p. 270 (1859) : Hong-Kong. 
Aphana pulchella, Stat, Stettin Ent. Zeit., xxiv, p. 232 (1863). 
Smaller than A. atomaria, Fabr., from which it differs in not having 
the head and thorax yellow, by the tegmina spotted with irregular 
black dots and the feet yellowish, annulated blackish. Head pro- and 
meso-notum yellowish punctured grey; metanotum and abdomen 
vermillion, two small black spots on the former and weak black bands 
on the three first segments of the abdomen, which also show traces of 
being covered with a white cottony substance: head and thorax beneath 
of a fairly deep yellowish-brown with a white patch between the inter- 
mediate and posterior coxse : abdomen beneath ochreous yellow, punctured 
black, the lateral margin of each segment with a black excavation, 
filled with a white powdery substance ; feet brown, annulated yellow. 
Tegmina of a somewhat faded saffron-yellow, semitransparent, more 
yellow towards the apex, covered with numerous small black dots, a few 
larger; towards the tip and the interior margin a whitish quadrate 
spot, followed at the posterior and external angle by a brown patch con- 
fluent witb the small black dots of the apex: wings vermillion, carmine 
