1886.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 41 



Subfam. Derbina, Stal. 



Derhida, Hem. Afrio. ir, pp. 130, 192 (1866) ; Derhina, Of vers. K. V.-A. Forh. 

 p. 750 (1870). 



Head very often narrower than the thorax : sides of clypeus some- 

 times carinated : last joint of rostrum short or very short ; thorax pos- 

 teriorly angularly- emarginate, ecarinate or furnished with an obsolete 

 ridge : costa simple ; clavua generally as in Achilina : last tibiaa very 

 often unarmed, rarely spinose ; first joint of last tarsi, elongate (Stdl). 



Genus Phenice, Westwood. 



Trans. Linn. Soo. xix, p. 10 (1845) ; Stal, Ofrers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 163 (1856) ; 

 Hem. Afric. iv, pp. 192, 195 (1866). Amyot & Serville [Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 

 51 5 (1843) ] unite Phenice with Derhe, Fabr. for reasons given ; the remainder of the 

 species described are chiefly African. 



Body oval : head much narrower than the thorax, seen from the 

 side, more or less rounded anteriorly, slightly compressly prominulous 

 before the eyes ; vertex and frons very narrow, the latter linear with the 

 lateral margins sometimes contiguous ; clypeus long, tricarinate : eyes 

 posteriorly sinuate beneath, extended to a distance downwards : no ocelli : 

 second joint of the antennae varying in length, oval or a little elono-ate> 

 without a sinus at the apex above : last joint of rostrum very minute : 

 thorax short, posteriorly deeply angularly- emarginate : scutellum obso- 

 letely tricarinate : tegmina elongate, gradually amplified from the base 

 to the middle, thence somewhat narrowed or furnished with parallel 

 sides, much longer than the wings ; clavus short ; radial vein forked, 

 ulnar vein emitting inwards obliquely longitudinal branches towards the 

 commissural margin, these branches united by a transverse vein : feet 

 slender, last tibiee sometimes spinose (Stal). 



63. Phenice mcesta, Westwood. 



Derhe (Phenice) mossta, Westwood, A. M. N. H. (2 ser.) vii, p. 209 (1851). 

 Derle mcesta, Walker. List Horn. B. M. ii, p. 397 (1851). 

 Phenice mcesta, Stal, Ofvers, K. V.-A. Forh. p. 750 (1870). 



Black, variegated white : a narrow frontal ridge on the head and 

 the penultimate joint of the rostrum, whitish : three very fine ridges on 

 the mesonotum and the posterior margin broader in the middle, white : 

 feet white : tegmina black, costa and last half spotted white : wincrs 

 smoky : lateral anal appendages in S , straight, incurved at the apex and 

 acuminate (Westwood). Exp. teg., 13| millims. 



Reported from India. 

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