1886.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhyncliota. 23 



Claviis very rarely granulate, acuminate at apex, rarely somewhat obtu- 

 sish, distinctly closed, two veins distant or very distant from the apex, 

 sometimes, however, behind the middle of the clavus united in one; 

 costa very rarely dilated : tegmina sometimes abbreviated or connate 

 with clavus and corium. Claval vein not reaching the apex, united with 

 the commissural margin near the apex : tegmina connate with clavus and 

 corium, the lateral margins of the clypeus always carinate or acuminate : 

 frons without an apical ocellus (Stdl) . 



Genus DiCHOPTEEA, Spinola. 



A. S. E. F. (1 ser.) viii, p. 286 (1839) ; Stal, Hem. Afric. iv, p. 149 (1866). 



Tegmina not or barely abbreviated, reaching at least the apex of the 

 abdomen, very often extending beyond it : clavus distinct, furnished 

 with one transverse vein between the interior vein and the claval suture : 

 head narrower than the thorax : costa a little dilated, intramarginal : 

 tegmina furnished with very numerous transverse veins towards the 

 apex ; feet longish : last pair of tibias multispinose, first pair longer 

 than the femora (Stdl). 



21. DiCHOPTERA HYALINATA, Fabricius. 



Fulgora hyalinata, Fabr., Spec. Ins. ii, p. 315 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. ii, p. 261 

 (1787) ; Olivier, Enc. Metb. vi, p. 572 (1791) : Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv, p. 5 (1794) j Syat. 

 Ehyng. p. 4 (1803) ; Donovan, Ins. India, t. 7, f. 3 (1800). 



Fulgora hyalina, Gmelin, ed. Syst. Nat. i (4), p. 2091 (1782). 



Flata hyalinata, Germar, Mag. Ent. iii, p. 190 (1818) ; Thon's Arcliiv. ii, (fasc. 

 2), p. 47 (1830). 



Dyctiophora hyalinata, Germar, Silb. Eev. Ent. i, p. 175 (1834). 



Pseudophana hyalinata, Burm., Handb. Ent. ii, (i), p, 160 (1835) ; Westwood, 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii, p. 150 (1841). 



Dichoptera hyalinata, Spinola, A. S. E. F. (1 ser.) viii, p. 289, t. 13, f. 3 (1839) ; 

 Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 504 (1843) ; Walker, List Horn. B. M. ii, p. 

 303 (1851). 



Frons produced, short, conical, above inequal, beneath furrowed, 

 pallid, with black dots and streaks : eyes large, globose, white : thorax 

 pallid, irrorated black : scutellum more obscure : tegmina hyaline, veins 

 punctured white and black and with a black streak in the middle : wings 

 hyaline with a dull black spot on the apex (Fahricius). Body long, 19^ • 

 exp. teg., 50 millims. 



Reported from Bengal : the Indian Museum possesses specimens 

 from Bangalore, Calcutta, India. 



