1886.] E. T. Atkinson— iVo/^5 on Indian Rhyncliota. 205 



ly with a white powder similar to that on the wings : thorax beneath, 

 femora and all the feet, red ; anterior tibiae and tarsi, black ; interme- 

 diate pairs black outwards, reddish within, last pairs red with the tip 

 and tarsi, black (Guerin) . Long, body, 23 : exp. teg. 75 millims. 

 Reported from Sumatra, Java, Cochin- China. 



124. EuPHEiA CORNUTA, Fabricius. 



Lystra cornuta, Fabr., Syst. Ehyng. p. 57 (1803) ; Germar in Thon's Arch, ii, (2) 

 p. 52 (1830) ; Guerin, Voy. Bel. Ind. Orient, p. 452 (1834). 



E. (CallidepsaJ cornuta, Stal, Hem. Fabr. ii, p. 87 (1868). 



^. Sordid sanguineous-flavescent : tegmina broadly sanguineous, 

 sprinkled with numerous, here and there confluent, black spots, the very 

 large disc behind the middle, black : wings and tibiae sordid sangui- 

 neous ; the tips of the tibiae, tarsi, lateral margins of the thorax, and 

 two lateral spots on the pectus, black : basal horn on the frons, erect 

 gradually acuminated, slender, somewhat larger than the vertex and 

 thorax together (Stdl). Body long, 22 ; exp. teg. 70 millims. 



Reported from China. 



125. PoLTDiCTTA APHJiNGiDES, Walker. 

 Chalia aphcenoides, Walker, Ins. Sannd. Horn. p. 31 (1858). 



cf . Ferruginous : abdomen black with red bands : tegmina with 

 the apical third part paler : wings with whitish reticulations along the 

 interior border and about the interior angle (Walker) . Body long 12^ : 

 teg. 37—38 millims. 



Reported from Penang. 



The present paper concludes this contribution to a ' Homoptera 

 Indica ; for the families FsylUdce, Goccidw; Aphididce, Aleurodidce, &c. 

 have practically been unworked in India, and whoever takes them up will 

 probably have to ignore much that has been written about them. My 

 object has been to provide those who may become interested in this order 

 of insects with some guide to the classification and arrangement, and was 

 at first devoted to the correction of our only English list, but this be- 

 came so unsatisfactory that it was found better to revise the whole on 

 the basis of Stal's numerous and elaborate essays. I have preferred 

 where possible to give only the original descriptions, but where Stal, Sig- 

 noret, Butler, or Distant have redescribed a species, their descriptions 

 are recorded. It would have been desirable to give a new description of 

 many species, but knowing the fruitful source of confusion which identi- 



