1886.] H. T. Atkinson—Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 4) 
Subfam. Dersrna, Stal. 
Derbida, Hem. Afrio. iv, pp. 130, 192 (1866) ; Derbina, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. 
p. 750 (1870). 
Head very often narrower than the thorax: sides of clypeus some- 
times carinated : last joint of rostrum short or very short; thorax pos- 
teriorly angularly-emarginate, ecarinate or furnished with an obsolete 
ridge: costa simple; clavus generally as in Achilina: last tibieo very 
often unarmed, rarely spinose ; first joint of last tarsi, elongate (Stal). 
Genus Puenice, Westwood. 
Trang. Linn. Soc. xix, p. 10 (1845) ; Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Férh. p. 163 (1856) , 
Hem. Afric. iv, pp. 192, 195 (1866). Amyot & Serville [Hist. Nat. Ins. Hém. p. 
515 (1843) ] unite Phenice with Derbe, Fabr. for reasons given ; the remainder of the 
species described are chiefly African. 
Body oval: head much narrower than the thorax, seen from the 
side, more or less rounded anteriorly, slightly compressly prominulous 
before the eyes ; vertex and frons very narrow, the latter linear with the 
lateral margins sometimes contiguous; clypeus long, tricarinate: eyes 
posteriorly sinuate beneath, extended to a distance downwards : no ocelli: 
second joint of the antenne varying in length, oval or a little elongates 
without a sinus at the apex above: last joint of rostrum very minute: 
thorax short, posteriorly deeply angularly-emarginate: scutellum obso- 
letely tricarinate: tegmina elongate, gradually amplified from the base 
to the middle, thence somewhat narrowed or furnished with parallel 
sides, much longer than the wings; clavus short; radial vein forked, 
ulnar vein emitting inwards obliquely longitudinal branches towards the 
commissural margin, these branches united by a transverse vein: feet 
slender, last tibia sometimes spinose (Stal). 
53. PHENICE Masta, Westwood. 
Derbe (Phenice) mesta, Westwood, A. M. N. H. (2 sér.) vii, p. 209 (1851). 
Derbe mesta, Walker. List Hom. B. M. ii, p. 397 (1851). 
Phenice mesta, Stal, Ofvers, K. V.-A. Férh. p. 750 (1870). 
Black, variegated white: a narrow frontal ridge on the head and 
the penultimate joint of the rostrum, whitish : three very fine ridges on 
the mesonotum and the posterior margin broader in the middle, white : 
feet white: tegmina black, costa and last half spotted white: wings 
smoky: lateral anal appendages in 6, straight, incurved at the apex and 
acuminate (Westwood). Exp. teg., 139 millims. 
Reported from India. 
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