1886.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 61 



90. RiCANU PULVEROSA, Stal. 

 Ricania pulverosa, Stal, Of vers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 162 (1865). 



J", 5. FuscoTis-testaceous ; vertex, thorax, and scutellum, black : 

 the basal part of the tegmina powdery-flavcscent and the disc clouded 

 fuscous ; the transverse discoidal veiulets and the costal margin before 

 the middle, pale ; the latter minutely spotted fuscous ; three costal spots, 

 the median somewhat large, a small one near the apex, and a very minute 

 apical one, yellow- whitish ; the median costal spot with black transverse 

 lines ; a minute spot in the apical costal angle, black : wings weak 

 f ascescent. Frons distinctly tricarinate : tegmina densely veined, the 

 transverse veinlets on the costal limbus remote (Stal). Long, 4 — 7 ; exp. 

 teg., 14 — 20 millims. 



Reported from Cambodia. 



91. Ricania episcopalis, Stal. 



Ricania episcopalis, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 162 (1865). 



9 . Weak fuscous-testaceous : tegmina more obscure, costal spot 

 behind the middle also two bands, one placed before the middle and 

 abbreviated outw^ards, the other placed behind the middle and abbreviated 

 near the costal margin, somewhat interrupted in the middle and produced 

 a little forwards anteriorly, whitish hyaline ; a spot near the costal 

 margin behind the middle and an arch placed between the spot and the 

 margin, black ; wings very slightly infuscate, the base and a transverse 

 spot behind the middle, whitish. Frons with a median obsolete ridge, 

 lateral ridges very obsolete : tegmina densely veined, very numerous 

 transverse veinlets on the costal limbus, several of which are forked 

 (Stal). Long, 7; exp. teg., 21 millims. 



Reported from N. China, Formosa. 



Genus Mindura, St&l. 



Eio Jan. Hem. ii, p. 69 (1862). 



In Hera. Afric. iv, p. 220 (1866), Stal unites the genera Mindura 

 and Miriza with Nogodina, but subsequently [Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. 

 p. 769 (1870)] keeps them separate and creates from Miriza the sub- 

 genera Varcia and Sassula^ to the latter of which M. sorurcula Stal 

 belongs. 



Frons with two distinct ridges, slightly converging towards the apex, 

 much longer than broad ; vertex distinctly prominulous before the eyes ; 

 lateral margins of the clypeus carinate at least at the base : tegmina 

 equally broad, broadly rounded at the apex, furnished between the apex 

 of the clavus and the transversely veined costal area with a continued 



