20 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [No. 1, 



broadly interrupted, and small confluent spots placed at the basal margin 

 and above the subbasal ridge, two spots on the genae (one basal, the 

 other apical), five spots on the vertex, antennce, two anterior and one 

 lateral spot on the thorax, four small subbasal spots on the scutellum, 

 apical spots on the first pair of femora and spots on the anterior tibiae, 

 black : tegmina towards the base more obscure, sparingly sprinkled 

 black and adorned with a sanguineous line near the costal margin before 

 the middle ; costal margin behind the middle and the apical margin 

 marked with small black spots : wings weakly fuscescent. veined obso- 

 letely violaceous, apical part sordid whitish, marked by a large spot (some- 

 times divided into two) and several minute marginal spots, black-fuscous : 

 last pair of tibiae infuscate. Vertex more than twice broader than long : 

 tegmina slightly amplified towards the apex, obtusely obliquely rounded 

 at the apex : tibiae 5 — 6 spinose (Stdl). Long, 11 ; exp. teg., 32 millims. 

 Reported from Malacca, Tenasserim. 



Genus Loxocephala, Schaum. 



Ersch & Gruber, Allg. Ency. Wissen & Ktmste, art. Fulgorida, sec. 51, p. 71 

 (1850) : see p. 10. 



15. Loxocephala ^ruginosa, Hope. 



Lystra aeruginosa, Hope, Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii, p. 443, t. 31, f. 1 (1841). 

 Euryhrachys ceruginosa, Walker, List Horn, B. M. ii, p. 382 (1851). 

 Loxocephala ceruginosa, Schaum, Allg. Enc. "Wissen. & Knnste sec. 51, p. 71 

 (1850). 



Body above and head green ; face flat, anterior margin acutely 

 curved, frontal ridge between the eyes parallel with the anterior mar- 

 gin : tegmina sordid fulvescent varied with green and black ; margins 

 externally dull black ; basal half irrorated ; apical half with a large 

 round spot before the apex and the apex, black : wings powdered white : 

 feet sanguineous (Eojpe). Long, 27| ; broad, SJ millims. 



Reported from Silhat. In a specimen in the Indian Museum from 

 Sikkim the dull black margin to the apex is wanting or obsolete. 



16. Loxocephala decora. Walker. 



Euryhrachys decora, Walker, List Horn. B. M. ii, p. 382 (1851). 



S . Body green : head nearly as broad as the thorax ; vertex with a 

 rim which is black in front and behind, slightly rounded anteriorly, very 

 slightly sinuate posteriorly, about three times broader than long ; frons 

 large, scutcheon-shaped, much broader than long, surrounded by a slight 

 rim ; clypeus small : rostrum tawny : pronotum hardly longer than 

 the vertex, nearly straight behind, slightly rounded on fore-border along 



