2 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rlij'ncliota. [No. 1, 



side : head lanceolate, as long as the pronotum, with three irregular black 

 stripes, of which the median is forked between the eyes ; tylus extending 

 a little beyond the juga ; eyes very prominent ; rostrum with a black 

 tip, extending rather beyond the last coxee: antennae piceous, slender, 

 much more than half the length of the body, first joint not extending 

 to the front ; 2-3 joints with testaceoas tips ; second a little longer 

 than the third ; fourth much longer than the third ; and than the fifth, 

 which is testaceous at the base : pronotum, scutellum and hemelytra partly 

 and slightly clouded with brown ; pronotum with a transverse impression, 

 in front of which there are four black spots ; posterior angles black, 

 smooth, shining, globose : scutellum attenuated towards the base : 

 pectus with a black patch on each side containing three testaceous 

 spots : abdomen beneath with a furrow which extends to the posterior 

 margin of the fourth segment, with a piceous apical patch, and with 

 two black stripes which include testaceous lateral spots : legs long, 

 setulose, femora black-speckled, tibiae piceous towards the tips : mem- 

 brane cinereous, with broad brown streaks between the veins. Nar- 

 rower than D. nodifera, Walker, with which it agrees in the structure 

 of the posterior angles of the pronotum (Walker). Long body, 15 

 mill. 



Reported from N. India. 



139. Dalpada brevivitta. Walker. 

 Dalpada hrevivitta, Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 224 (1867). 



Dingy lurid, elliptical, minutely punctured ; punctures black, 

 which hue here and there forms patches ; beneath dull tawny : head a 

 little shorter than the pronotum ; tylus not extending beyond the juga ; 

 eyes very prominent : rostrum very slender, extending a little beyond 

 the hind border of the first abdominal segment : antennae very slender, 

 much shorter than the body ; first joint not extending to the front of 

 the head, full half the length of the second, which is a little shorter 

 than the third ; fourth and fifth black, a little longer than the third ; fifth 

 shorter than the fourth : pronotum with the usual transverse impression, 

 between which and the posterior margin is a broad lurid stripe ; posterior 

 angles slightly acute, not prominent : scutellum not extending beyond the 

 posterior angles of the corium : legs rather long and slender ; tarsi and 

 tips of the femora and of the tibiae black : hemelytra with two blackish 

 patches ; membrane cinereous, with a broad brown streak and an in- 

 complete brown border. Like D. tecta, Walker, in structure, but is 

 much darker beneath, and the sides of the pronotum are serrated ante- 

 riorly (Walker). Long, 15 mill. 



Reported from Cachar (Assam). 



