Exotic RhyncJwta. 149 



Palomena sp'mosa, n. sp. (Plate V., fig. 3). 



Above green, thickly, darkly, and coarsely punctured. 

 Head coarsely and somewhat densely punctured, the 

 lateral lobes longer than the central and cleft at apex, with 

 the lateral margins slightly reflexed. Antennae with the 

 first three joints green, fourth excepting base and whole of 

 fifth brown, second joint longer than the third, fourth and 

 fifth sub-equal. Pronotum coarsely punctured, somewhat 

 sparingly so on disk, with the lateral angles produced into 

 broad, obtusely pointed spines, somewhat rounded and 

 narrowly black at apex ; scutellum thickly punctured, more 

 sparingly so at apex ; corium thickly punctured, especially 

 near costa ; membrane brassy, shining. Connexivum 

 green, thickly and darkly punctured, narrowly luteous on 

 outer margin, and at segmental incisures. Body beneath 

 paler, disk of abdomen, cox^e, and bases of femora some- 

 what luteous ; legs green, tarsi brown. Stigmata marked 

 with black dots. Rostrum luteous, with the apex narrowly 

 black 



Long. 13 to 14 millims. Lat. pronot. angl. 9 to 10 

 millims. 



Hab. N. India. Sind. 



Allied to P. angulosa, Motsch., but separated at once 

 from that and all other species of the genus by the much 

 produced pronotal angles. 



Caura excelsa, n. sp. (Plate V., fig. 4). 



Dark shining blue or green, thickly and finely punctate. 

 Head very densely and finely punctate, luteous beneath. 

 Antennae concolorous, second joint shorter than the third, 

 fourth longest, third and fifth sub-equal. Pronotum and 

 scutellum very thickly punctate, obscurely rugulose ; lateral 

 margins of pronotum somewhat ampliated, reflexed, and 

 rounded. Corium opaque, very finely and sparingly punc- 

 tured. Membrane pitchy opaque. Abdomen above and 

 connexivum luteous. Body beneath luteous. Presternum, 

 mesosternum, and metasternum, with two transverse blue 

 spots on each side ; abdomen with a sub-marginal row of 

 transverse bright blue spots, placed close together in pairs 

 on the base and apex of each segment ; within these a 

 segmental row of three or four small spots and a central 

 row of transverse streaks of the same colour, coxvq luteous, 

 legs and rostrum dark blue. 



Long. 15 millims. Lat. pronot. angl. 10 millims. 



