194. E. T. Atkinson—Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [No. 2, 
middle of the costal margin, red. Thorax fairly densely and finely 
punctured, truncated at the base before the scutellum, margins (anterior 
excepted) reflexed, lateral angles obtusely rounded : scutellum im- 
pressed before the middle: tegmina very densely punctulate, scarcely 
narrowed towards the apex : mesostethium rather distinctly bitubercu- 
late, posterior margin not elevated before the cox (Stal). Long, 8; 
exp. teg., 23 millims. 
Reported from Malacca. 
97. CosmMoscARtA HEROS, Fabricius. 
Cercopis heros, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 89 (1808): Stoll, Cig. p. 104, t. 27, f. 
149. (1788): Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Férh. p. 492 (1862): Walker, List Hom. B. M. 
iii, p. 654 (1851). 
Cercopis abdominalis, Westwood in Donovan’s Ins. China, p. 39, t. 16, £. 5 (1843) : 
Walker, I. c. p. 654 (1851): J. Linn. S. Zool. x, p. 286 (1867). 
Cosmoscarta heros, Stal, Hem. Fabr. ii, p. 11 (1869) ; Butler, Cist. Ent.,i, p.2 54 
(1874). 
&, 2. Black, shining: head very obtuse and almost globose: 
thorax gibbous, dull black, spotless: tegmina dull black, the base and 
a median band, orange-fulvous: abdomen red (Fabr.). Long with 
teg., 16; breadth of thorax, 65 millims. 
Reported from Hong-Kong. 
98. CosMOSCARTA DISCREPANS, Walker. 
Cercopis discrepans, Walker, J. Linn. S. Zool. i, p. 95 (1856). 
Blackish-purple, black beneath: tegmina black with an elongated 
red spot which is contracted in the middle and occasionally interrupted 
(Walker). Long, 6—7%; teg. 17—19 millims. 
Reported from Singapore. 
99. CosMOSCARTA UNIFASCIA, Walker. 
Cercopis unifascia, Walker, J. Linn. 8. Zool. i, p. 95 (1856). 
Red: thorax dilated on each side : disc of the pectus black: tegmi- 
na with a black band across the middle : wings hyaline (Walker). Long, 
123; teg. 25 millims. 
Re ported from Singapore. 
100. CosmoscaRTA FULVICEPS, Dallas. 
Cercopis fulviceps, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soc. (n. s.) i, p. 10 (1850). 
Head and thorax bright orange, shining: tegmina reddish 
black, somewhat obscure, outer margins pitchy red: wings brownish ; 
