1886.] E. T. Atkinson— iVofes 07i Indian. Rliyncliota. 39 



Genus Elica, Walker. 



J. Linn. Soc. Zool. i, p. 86 (1856). 



Head conical, slightly ascending, tricarinate above : frons lanceo- 

 late, tetragonal, tricarinate, the lateral ridges curved, margins also 

 ridged : antenno8 conical, setiform filament twice as long as the preceding 

 part : pronotum very short : mesonotum tricarinate : tegmina broad 

 with numerous transverse veinlets along the costa ; ulnar areas elongate 

 towards the base of the tegmina ; apical areas more numerous, short, and 

 generally 6 — 6 angled (Walher), 



49. Elica latipennis. Walker. 

 Elica latipennis, Walker, J. Linn. Soc. Zool. i, p. 86 (1856). 



Testaceous, partly tawny : head above and disc of the thorax, brown : 

 tegmina hyaline with a slight testaceous tinge ; veins tawny, some of 

 them black, forming an irregular, incomplete band {Walker). Body 

 long, 7 J ; teg., 19 millims. 



Reported from Malacca. 



Genus Monopsis, Spinola. 



A. S. E. F. viii, p. 302 (1839) ; Amyot & ServiUe, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 

 507 (1843) ; Walker, List Horn. B. M. ii, p. 325 (1851). 



Cephalic prolongation flattened above, ovally rounded anteriorly ; 

 the flat portion of the vertex has a median ridge dividing into two lines 

 posteriorly which form a very pointed arch placed above another arch on 

 the pronotum ; frons broad with a median and two lateral ridges : 

 eyes large, oblong : pronotum very narrow, emarginate posteriorly 

 in an arch ; mesonotum with three elevated lines : tegmina slightly 

 crystalline and transparent almost as in the genus Biclwptera ; the great 

 basal half with long cells, then comes a small elevated transverse line 

 and then a great number of small and more or less quadrate cells : abdo- 

 men rather flat and oblong : feet moderate {Am. Sf Serv.). 



50. Monopsis viridicans, Stal. 



Monopsis viridicans, Stal, Freg. Eng. Resa. Ins., p. 281 (1859). 



9 . Weakly virescent : vertex nearly semicircularly produced before 

 the eyes ; frons one and half time longer than the breadth, carinated ; 

 thorax somewhat longer than the vertex, roundly produced anteriorly, 

 tricarinate, the lateral ridges oblique : scutellum tricarinate, the lateral 

 ridges somewhat divergent towards the base, parallel, nearly three and 

 half time longer than the breadth (Stal). Long with teg., 7 millims. 



Reported from Hong-Kong, Sikkim (?). 



